Electronic device and method therefor
First Claim
1. An electronic device comprising:
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
a user communication interface;
memory; and
a processor configured to access a list of desired broadcast media contents stored in said memory;
control said radio tuner to detect said radio stations to retrieve information of the broadcast media contents that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations;
compare said retrieved information with the list of desired broadcast media contents; and
alert the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that a broadcast media content that is being, or is in the near future to be, broadcast is comprised in the list of desired broadcast media contents, wherein said broadcast media contents are desired music tracks, wherein said user communication interface comprises a display unit, and said processor is provided for alerting the user visually through said display unit, wherein the visual alert is accompanied by input means for the user to select to listen to the music track, which is comprised in the list of desired music tracks; and
the processor is provided for activating the radio tuner, if not already being activated, and for controlling the radio tuner to tune to the radio station broadcasting the music track, which is comprised in the list of desired music tracks, in response to an activation of said input means.
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Abstract
An electronic device includes a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations; a user communication interface configured for receiving from a user a list of desired broadcast media contents; a memory; and a processor. According to the invention the processor is responsible for accessing the list of desired broadcast media contents stored in the memory; the radio tuner is controlled to detect the radio stations to retrieve information of the broadcast media contents that are currently being, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from the radio stations; the retrieved information is compared with the list of desired broadcast media contents; and the user is alerted via the user communication interface if the comparison reveals that a broadcast media content that is currently being, or are in the near future to be, broadcast is comprised in the list of desired broadcast media contents.
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1. An electronic device comprising:
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
a user communication interface;
memory; and
a processor configured to access a list of desired broadcast media contents stored in said memory;
control said radio tuner to detect said radio stations to retrieve information of the broadcast media contents that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations;
compare said retrieved information with the list of desired broadcast media contents; and
alert the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that a broadcast media content that is being, or is in the near future to be, broadcast is comprised in the list of desired broadcast media contents, wherein said broadcast media contents are desired music tracks, wherein said user communication interface comprises a display unit, and said processor is provided for alerting the user visually through said display unit, wherein the visual alert is accompanied by input means for the user to select to listen to the music track, which is comprised in the list of desired music tracks; and
the processor is provided for activating the radio tuner, if not already being activated, and for controlling the radio tuner to tune to the radio station broadcasting the music track, which is comprised in the list of desired music tracks, in response to an activation of said input means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
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21. An electronic device comprising:
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
a user communication interface;
memory; and
a processor configured to access a list of desired broadcast media contents stored in said memory;
control said radio tuner to detect said radio stations to retrieve information of the broadcast media contents that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations;
compare said retrieved information with the list of desired broadcast media contents; and
alert the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that a broadcast media content that is being, or is in the near future to be, broadcast is comprised in the list of desired broadcast media contents, wherein said processor is configured to automatically determining the list of desired broadcast media contents from data stored in said memory, wherein said desired broadcast media contents are desired music tracks; and
said processor is configured to automatically determine the desired broadcast media contents as music tracks performed by artists or artist groups which are comprised among names of artists or artist groups of music tracks stored in said memory, or as music tracks belonging to music albums which are comprised among music albums to which music tracks stored in said memory belong.
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
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22. An electronic device comprising:
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
a user communication interface;
memory; and
a processor configured to access a list of desired broadcast media contents stored in said memory;
control said radio tuner to detect said radio stations to retrieve information of the broadcast media contents that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations;
compare said retrieved information with the list of desired broadcast media contents; and
alert the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that a broadcast media content that is being, or is in the near future to be, broadcast is comprised in the list of desired broadcast media contents, wherein, if a music track is received by said radio tuner, said processor is configured to retrieve the name of the artist or artist group on the music track received by the radio tuner;
compare the name of the artist or artist group with names of artists or artist groups of music tracks stored in said memory; and
alert the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that the name of the artist or artist group on the music track received by the radio tuner is comprised among the names of the artists or artist groups of music tracks stored in said memory.
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
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23. An electronic device comprising:
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
a user communication interface;
memory; and
a processor configured to access a list of desired broadcast media contents stored in said memory;
control said radio tuner to detect said radio stations to retrieve information of the broadcast media contents that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations;
compare said retrieved information with the list of desired broadcast media contents; and
alert the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that a broadcast media content that is being, or is in the near future to be, broadcast is comprised in the list of desired broadcast media contents, further comprising a music player for playing music tracks stored in said memory, wherein, if a music track is played back on said music player, said processor is provided for retrieving the name of the artist or artist group on the music track that is played back;
controlling said radio tuner to detect said radio stations to retrieve artist name information of music tracks that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations;
comparing the name of the artist or artist group on the music track that is played back with the artist name information of music tracks that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations; and
alerting the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that the name of the artist or artist group on the music track that is played back is comprised in the artist name information of music tracks that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations.
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
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24. An electronic device comprising:
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
a user communication interface;
memory; and
a processor configured to access a list of desired broadcast media contents stored in said memory;
control said radio tuner to detect said radio stations to retrieve information of the broadcast media contents that are, or are in the near future to be, broadcast from said radio stations;
compare said retrieved information with the list of desired broadcast media contents; and
alert the user via said user communication interface if said comparison reveals that a broadcast media content that is being, or is in the near future to be, broadcast is comprised in the list of desired broadcast media contents, wherein, if a music track is received by said radio tuner, said processor is provided for retrieving the name of the artist or artist group on the music track or the title of the music track;
comparing the name of the artist or artist group with a blacklist of artists or artist groups stored in said memory, or the title of the music track with a blacklist of music track titles stored in said memory; and
alerting the user via said user communication interface or automatically tuning said radio tuner to another radio station if said comparison reveals that the name of the artist or artist group on the music track is comprised in said blacklist of artists or artist groups, or that the title of the music track is comprised in said blacklist of music track titles.
- a radio tuner capable of receiving broadcast media contents and information about each of the broadcast media contents from a plurality of radio stations;
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