Radio receiving, recording and playback system
First Claim
1. A radio reception and playback unit comprising, in combination,a digital memory for storing broadcast program signals, n tuners for simultaneously receiving n different broadcast program signals, where n is greater than one, each of said tuners having a digital output for continuously supplying a selected one of said broadcast program signals in digital form to said digital memory, a playback device for reproducing a selected recorded program signal stored in said digital memory in an audible form perceptible to a listener, and a user interface including n pushbuttons each associated with a corresponding one of said n tuners and each of which, when pressed, controls said playback device to reproduce a recorded broadcast program signal previously received by the corresponding one of said n tuners.
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Abstract
A radio receiver and storage unit which concurrently and continuously receives and records a plurality of separate, simultaneously broadcast programs, and then selectively reproduces desired programs at desired times. User interface buttons selectively perform the following five functions not available on a conventional radio: Pause: suspends the reproduction of the live or recorded programming currently being played; Save: permits the listener to save the complete content of a live program currently being reproduced; Jukebox: permits the listener can select and playback previously recorded programming; Mark: allows the user to “bookmark” a specific position on a program; and Options: permits the user to obtain information about available programming, or to perform less frequently used functions.
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1. A radio reception and playback unit comprising, in combination,
a digital memory for storing broadcast program signals, n tuners for simultaneously receiving n different broadcast program signals, where n is greater than one, each of said tuners having a digital output for continuously supplying a selected one of said broadcast program signals in digital form to said digital memory, a playback device for reproducing a selected recorded program signal stored in said digital memory in an audible form perceptible to a listener, and a user interface including n pushbuttons each associated with a corresponding one of said n tuners and each of which, when pressed, controls said playback device to reproduce a recorded broadcast program signal previously received by the corresponding one of said n tuners.
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