Apparatus and method for storing and selecting radio stations
First Claim
1. A method of storing and selecting a radio station in a radio having a plurality of tuner presets and a plurality of memory locations assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, comprising:
- storing a plurality of radio stations under a tuner preset, wherein each of the plurality of radio stations is stored as a record in one of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner present, the record comprising;
(i) a radio station frequency; and
(ii) a geographic position of the radio at a time that the record is stored; and
in response to subsequent selection of the tuner preset, selecting the radio station from the plurality of radio stations stored under the tuner preset, comprising;
identifying the record having the geographic position that is closest to a geographic position of the radio at a time that the tuner preset is selected; and
tuning the radio to the radio station frequency of the identified record,wherein the record further comprises an access count corresponding to the radio station stored in the record, storing includes initializing the access count at zero, and selecting the radio station includes incrementing the access count by one.
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Abstract
A method of storing and selecting a radio station (104, 106) in a radio (102) having a plurality of tuner presets (130) and a plurality of memory locations (146) assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, includes storing a plurality of radio stations (104, 106) under a tuner preset (134), where each of the plurality of radio stations is stored as a record (148) in one of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner preset. The record can include a radio station frequency (150) and a geographic position (152) of the radio at a time that the record is stored. In response to subsequent selection of the tuner preset (134), a radio station is selected from the plurality of radio stations stored under the tuner preset and includes identifying the record having the geographic position that is closest to a geographic position (253) of the radio at a time that the tuner preset is selected and tuning the radio to the radio station frequency (150) of the identified record.
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1. A method of storing and selecting a radio station in a radio having a plurality of tuner presets and a plurality of memory locations assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, comprising:
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storing a plurality of radio stations under a tuner preset, wherein each of the plurality of radio stations is stored as a record in one of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner present, the record comprising;
(i) a radio station frequency; and
(ii) a geographic position of the radio at a time that the record is stored; andin response to subsequent selection of the tuner preset, selecting the radio station from the plurality of radio stations stored under the tuner preset, comprising; identifying the record having the geographic position that is closest to a geographic position of the radio at a time that the tuner preset is selected; and tuning the radio to the radio station frequency of the identified record, wherein the record further comprises an access count corresponding to the radio station stored in the record, storing includes initializing the access count at zero, and selecting the radio station includes incrementing the access count by one. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method of storing and selecting a radio station in a radio having plurality of tuner presets and a plurality of memory locations assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, comprising:
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storing a plurality of radio stations under a tuner preset, wherein each of the plurality of radio stations is scored as a record in one of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner preset, the record comprising;
(i) a radio station frequency; and
(ii) geographic position of the radio at a time that the record is stored; andin response to subsequent selection or the tuner preset, selecting the radio station from the plurality of radio stations stored under the tuner preset, comprising; identifying the record having the geographic position that is closest to a geographic position of the radio at a time that the tuner preset is selected; and tuning the radio to the radio station frequency of the identified record, wherein the step of storing Further comprises; accepting a user tuning adjustment that tunes the radio to a selected radio station; receiving a user command to store the selected radio station under the tuner preset; determining if all of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner preset are occupied; if all of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner preset are not occupied, storing the selected radio station in an unoccupied memory location; and if all of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner preset are occupied, storing the selected radio station by overwriting a previously stored record in an occupied memory location, and wherein; the record further comprises an access count corresponding to the radio station stored in the record; storing includes initializing the access count at zero; selecting the radio station includes incrementing the access count by one; and overwriting the previously stored record comprises; building a list comprising low access count records under the tuner preset; if the list includes only one low access count record, replacing the one low access count record with a new record corresponding to the selected radio station; and if the list includes more than one low access count record; identifying the low access count record having a geographic position furthest from the geographic position of the radio at the time that the user command to store the selected radio station is received; and replacing the identified low access count record with the new record corresponding to the selected station. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method of storing and selecting a radio station in a radio having a plurality of tuner presets and a plurality of memory locations assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, comprising:
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storing a plurality of radio stations under a tuner preset, wherein each of the plurality of radio stations is stored as a record in one of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner presets, the record comprising;
(i) a radio stations frequency (ii) a geographic position of the radio at a time that the record is stored; and
(iii) a temporal stamp; andin response to subsequent selection of the tuner preset, selecting the radio station from the plurality of radio stations stored under the tuner preset, comprising; identifying the record having the geographic position that is closest to a geographic position of the radio at a time that the tuner preset is selected and which has a temporal stamp closest to a time corresponding to the subsequent selection of the tuner preset; and tuning the radio to the radio station frequency of the identified record. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A computer-readable medium containing computer instructions for instructing a processor to perform a method of storing and selecting a radio station in a radio having a plurality of tuner presets and a plurality of memory locations assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, the instructions comprising:
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storing a plurality of radio stations under a tuner preset, wherein each of the plurality of radio stations is stored as a record in one of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner presets, the record comprising;
(i) a radio stations frequency;
(ii) u geographic position of the radio at a time that the record is stored; and
(iii) a temporal stamp; andin response to subsequent selection of the tuner preset, selecting a radio station from the plurality of radio stations stored under the tuner preset, comprising; identifying the record having a geographic position that is closest to the geographic position of the radio at the time that the tuner preset is selected and which has a temporal stamp closest to a time corresponding to the subsequent selection of the tuner preset; and tuning the radio to the station frequency of the identified record. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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