Did You Know...
...that Robert Adler has the dubious distinction of being the Father of the Couch Potato? Back in 1955 Adler was employed by what was then Zenith Radio Corp., where he was charged to invent something that would allow viewers to turn down the TV volume without leaving their chairs. After a series of flops (such as a wired contraption that people tripped over), Adler hit on the idea of using sound waves. Thus the Remote Control was born...
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8131236 | Method of selecting audio contents received from an audio or audio-visual receiver and receiver selecting the contents in accordance with the method The present invention relates to a method of selecting sound contents transmitted by transmission channels and received by an audio or audiovisual receiver. A user first selects a received content and starts playback. Then, the receiver automatically searches among ... | 03/06/2012 |
| 7995978 | Controlling operation of a memory device A method provides controlling operation of a memory device. The method includes receiving activity information relating to at least one electromagnetic field external to the memory device. The method further includes controlling storing data to and reading from the ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7970369 | Receiving devices A network includes a service provider, a plurality of transmitters and a receiving device. The receiving device identifies the frequencies at which broadcast services are provided by a transmitter local to the receiving device. A search is carried out until a signal... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7890071 | Handheld audio system A handheld audio system includes a radio signal decoder integrated circuit (IC) and a digital audio processing integrated circuit. The radio signal decoder integrated circuit produces a digital left channel signal and a digital right channel signal from a received r... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7676203 | Method and apparatus for dynamically tuning radio stations with user-defined play lists A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for dynamic radio station tuning in a data processing system. A play list is identified. The play list is a user-defined list and includes an identification of a number of songs. Music information is obtained from a plu... | 03/09/2010 |
| 7636557 | Identifying radio stations along a travel route that broadcast specified radio program formats Techniques are disclosed for identifying radio stations along a travel route broadcasting programs in user-specified radio program formats without requiring positioning devices that provide real-time positioning information of a radio receiver. An exemplary method i... | 12/22/2009 |
| 7613436 | Methods and apparatus for a protected paging indication mechanism within wireless networks including multiple access points Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for a protected paging indication mechanism within wireless networks including multiple access points. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7613437 | Receiver and broadcast receiving method If a sub broadcast is unavailable so a reception means receives the main broadcast instead of the sub broadcast, reception of the sub broadcast is booked. When the sub broadcast is booked and the sub broadcast becomes available, the reception means automatically rec... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7587185 | Automatic broadcast channel tuning apparatus and method An apparatus, program product and method in which a set of broadcast channels is automatically selected on a mobile receiver based on the mobile receiver's current location, a database of broadcast sources contained within the mobile receiver, and a predefined set o... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7587186 | Method for the radio transmission of traffic messages and radio receiver A method for transmitting encoded traffic messages via a data channel, which is reserved for transmitting encrypted traffic messages, a certain subset of traffic messages being in general transmitted via the data channel in unencrypted form. For the encryption of th... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7567785 | Methods and apparatus for a paging mechanism within wireless networks including multiple access points Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for a paging mechanism within wireless networks including multiple access points. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. ... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7565122 | System and method for providing automatic tuning of a radio receiver and for providing automatic control of a CD/Tape Player A sound system with a radio receiver having the ability to automatically tune to a new radio station if (a) the current radio station is broadcasting a song, program or other content that the user dislikes and/or (b) one of one or more predetermined radio stations i... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7558547 | Radio receiver that changes function according to the output of an internal voice-only detector A radio receiver includes a voice-only detection mechanism that detects when the current radio station is transmitting mostly voice, and that changes the function of the receiver depending on whether or not the current radio station is transmitting mostly voice. In ... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7546099 | Bluetooth baseband solution with reduced processor requirements and integrated host controller Methods for removing complexity from a Bluetooth processor's firmware and placing them in hardware in order to use a simplier processor or to do other tasks in the Bluetooth processor. Assembling and managing communication packets and transmission, providing modulo ... | 06/09/2009 |
| 7522895 | Receiver monitoring and alert system A method and system are provided in which a user is enabled to create a preferred playlist of the user's favorite songs. An input device allows the user to add and/or delete songs from this preferred playlist. In an exemplary embodiment, songs playing on several rad... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7509103 | Digital radio broadcasting receiver and method of receiving digital radio broadcasting A digital radio broadcasting receiver capable of automatically setting an audio field of reproduced sound in response to a musical genre of an ongoing broadcasting composition is disclosed. Digital radio broadcasting receiver 1 is provided with tuner 2... | 03/24/2009 |
| 7437124 | Satellite radio receiver that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to A satellite radio receiver includes a display that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to. For a music channel, this information may include the name of the artist, the song title, time left in the song, etc. For... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430598 | Systems and methods for health monitor alert management for networked systems The present invention leverages a data gathering service to provide information regarding a system's health state via a computing entity, local and/or remote. This provides an optimized means to aggregate a single network's data and/or multiple networks' data, decre... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7424279 | Method for enhancing in real-time the playback of an audio broadcast signal A method is provided for enhancing in real-time the playback of a broadcast data signal. The method comprises the steps of: (a) receiving a broadcast data signal at a player device; (b) storing the broadcast data signal on the player device; (c) generating an output... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7412202 | Method and apparatus for generating recommendations based on user preferences and environmental characteristics A recommendation system is disclosed that generates recommendations for one or more items based on user preferences and one or more environmental factors. The user's preferences are learned under various environmental conditions using an environmental data collectio... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7403754 | Tower discovery and failover Described is a communication system including wireless client devices. In the described system, the client devices may be wrist-worn watches such as are in common use today, except that the watches are specially configured to receive transmissions from broadcast tow... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7403755 | Searching receiver A monitoring receiver accepts program preferences from an operator. When active, the receiver automatically monitors alternate frequencies for programming that matches the program preferences, alerts the operator when a match is found, and may switch to a preferred ... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7398051 | Satellite radio receiver that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to A satellite radio receiver includes a display that displays information regarding one or more channels that are not currently being listened to. For a music channel, this information may include the name of the artist, the song title, time left in the song, etc. For... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7395041 | Mobile phone and method of updating radio channel settings A mobile phone is provided with a broadband AM and/or FM radio signal receiver. The mobile phone further has a radio channel memory for storing a plurality of radio channel settings. The mobile telephone further receives messages, such as SMS messages, and a storage... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7383031 | Receiving circuit for radio-wave clock broadcast wave A receiving circuit for a radio-wave clock broadcast wave having a frequency converter that converts a received signal of the radio-wave clock broadcast wave into a signal of a frequency in the bandwidth of an AM radio broadcast. The converted-into signal is input t... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7379721 | Radio station preference translational mapping A user's media preferences can be obtained and stored for later use in setting up a currently-available media device. The media device inputs are programmed based on the media device's capabilities and the available media sources for the particular geographic area i... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376402 | Multiband RDS radio receiver A radio receiver having an FM band tuner, an AM band tuner, a controller coupled to both said tuners, and a radio data (RD) decoder for providing radio data. The RD decoder is coupled for receiving radio data from at least one of the tuners which is tuned to a radio... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7373123 | Multiple tuners in a single radio receiver A radio receiver having multiple AM/FM tuners. A first tuner and a second tuner may be connected with an antenna for generating a first and second composite audio output signal. A dual input digital signal processor may be connected with the first tuner and the seco... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7373122 | Reproduction device information setting method, and information setting program A setting information transmission means 1c transmits setting information (area information) concerning broadcast reception of a reproducing apparatus 1 itself and set by a user, to an external device. List information corresponding to the setti... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369825 | Selection of radio station based on preferred program content A method and apparatus for selecting radio stations for reception based on a preferred program content. A list of radio station identifiers is stored in a memory and organized according to program content specifiers. When a presently received signal fades, the memor... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369826 | Method for monitoring broadcast signals at alternative frequencies and gain control unit Many broadcast stations transmit their programs via a variety of different frequencies. The invention relates to monitoring alternative frequencies during the reception of a broadcast signal at a present frequency. Whenever the broadcast signal at an alternative fre... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7369824 | Receiver storage system for audio program A receiver contains a demodulator system that can deliver a stream of digital data comprising at least a first and a second set of audio data. In a first time interval, a memory is used to store either the first or the second set of audio data. In a subsequent time ... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366529 | Communication network terminal supporting a plurality of applications The present invention relates to a terminal (1) for a communication network, the terminal being capable of supporting a plurality of applications (17, 18) and having means of communicating user messages. The terminal comprises means for receiving user ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7362738 | Method and system for delivering information to a user A system and method for delivering information to a user (e.g., a worker) comprises equipping a user with a data processing device associated with a portable display. A particular location or context of the user is determined. A display automatically displays inform... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7363022 | Mobile unit configuration management for WLANS A system for enforcing configuration requirements for hardware and software on mobile units operating on Wireless Local Area Networks (WLAN). The system allows the configuration policy to change dynamically with the access point or sub-network association. Whenever ... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7359687 | System and method for obtaining comprehensive vehicle radio listener statistics A system, apparatus, method and computer program product to obtain comprehensive vehicle radio listener statistics based on parameters such as radio status (e.g., on/off status and CD/Tape/AM/FM setting), radio volume, station preset information, current frequency s... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356556 | System and method for selecting internet media channels A system and method provide for selecting Internet media channels. Generally speaking, the selection involves choosing target channels based on user preferences. In one example embodiment, the system and method receive a user preference relating to a data item avail... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356319 | Reduced power consumption A radio frequency receiver for receiving supplementary data transmitted with a radio station signal. The supplementary data includes one or more information word fields containing supplementary data transmitted with the radio station signal. The receiver includes a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7353000 | Receiver monitoring and alert system A method and system are provided in which a user is enabled to create a preferred playlist of the user's favorite songs. An input device allows the user to add and/or delete songs from this preferred playlist. In an exemplary embodiment, songs playing on several rad... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349663 | Internet radio station and disc jockey system A method for producing a network-based radio show includes transmitting a plurality of segments over a network to a radio station server wherein the plurality of segments contain a plurality of voice tracks and an identification of song tracks located on the radio s... | 03/25/2008 |
