Patent ID: 9706038
Date: 2017-07-11
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04H,H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. An apparatus for selecting a radio broadcast, the apparatus comprising: a processing device configured to communicate with a radio receiver in a vehicle, the radio receiver configured to receive and play terrestrial radio signals; a local communication device; and a processing module configured to perform: detecting a radio broadcast received by the radio receiver; retrieving user preference data selected by a user, the user preference data specifying one or more preferred radio stations, one or more preferred categories of radio broadcast, or a combination thereof; communicating via the local communication device with at least one additional processing device, wherein communicating includes retrieving radio station category information stored by the at least one additional processing device, the radio station category information specifying at least one radio station having a broadcast range that includes a geographic region that the vehicle is in, and a category of the at least one radio station; correlating the radio station category information with the detected radio broadcast to identify a radio station that originated the radio broadcast and one or more categories associated with the radio station, the radio broadcast or a combination thereof; and based on determining that the detected radio broadcast corresponds to the user preference data, performing displaying information describing the detected radio broadcast, controlling the radio receiver, or a combination thereof.