Method and system for achieving continued listening experience for car radio head unit
First Claim
1. A method of operating a radio in a vehicle, compromising the steps of:
- using the radio to tune to a radio source;
transmitting information identifying the radio source from the vehicle to a processor disposed at a location that is remote from the vehicle;
measuring a quality of a broadcast signal from the radio source received at the vehicle;
transmitting information regarding the measured quality of the broadcast signal from the vehicle to the processor;
using the processor to record broadcast content of the radio source from a web site of the radio source, the broadcast content being recorded only if;
the measured quality of the broadcast signal is above a threshold level; and
the radio has been tuned to the radio source for greater than a threshold amount of time; and
transmitting the recorded broadcast content of the radio source from the processor to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method of operating a radio in a vehicle includes tuning the radio to a first radio source. Information identifying the first radio source is transmitted from the vehicle to a remote processor. The processor monitors broadcast content of the first radio source on a web site. The processor identifies a second radio source having broadcast content matching the broadcast content of the first radio source. Information identifying the second radio source is transmitted from the processor to the vehicle. When a quality of a broadcast signal from the first radio source received at the vehicle falls below a threshold quality level, tuning of the radio is switched from the first radio source to the second radio source.
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11 Claims
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1. A method of operating a radio in a vehicle, compromising the steps of:
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using the radio to tune to a radio source; transmitting information identifying the radio source from the vehicle to a processor disposed at a location that is remote from the vehicle; measuring a quality of a broadcast signal from the radio source received at the vehicle; transmitting information regarding the measured quality of the broadcast signal from the vehicle to the processor; using the processor to record broadcast content of the radio source from a web site of the radio source, the broadcast content being recorded only if; the measured quality of the broadcast signal is above a threshold level; and the radio has been tuned to the radio source for greater than a threshold amount of time; and transmitting the recorded broadcast content of the radio source from the processor to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of operating a radio in a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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using the radio to tune to a radio source; transmitting information identifying the radio source from the vehicle to a processor disposed at a location that is remote from the vehicle; measuring a quality of a broadcast signal from the radio source received at the vehicle; transmitting information regarding the quality of the broadcast signal from the vehicle to the processor; using the processor to record broadcast content of the radio source from a web site of the radio source, the broadcast content being recorded only if the measured quality of the broadcast signal is above a threshold level; transmitting the recorded broadcast content of the radio source from the processor to the vehicle; and providing a user an option to select time shift as an option for a configuration of the radio, the broadcast content being recorded only if the user has selected time shift as an option for a configuration of the radio. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of operating a radio within a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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using the radio to tune to a radio source; transmitting information identifying the radio source from the vehicle to a processor disposed at a location that is remote from the vehicle; measuring a quality of a broadcast signal from the radio source received at the vehicle; transmitting information regarding the measured quality of the broadcast signal from the vehicle to the processor; using the processor to record broadcast content of the radio source from a web site of the radio source, the broadcast content is recorded only if the radio source has been stored a preset frequency and/or the radio has been tuned to the radio source form than a threshold amount of time; transmitting the recorded broadcast content of the radio source from the processor to the vehicle; and providing a user an option to select time shift as an option for a configuration of the radio, the broadcast content being recorded only if time shift is currently selected as the configuration of the radio. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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