Patent ID: 9549293
Date: 2017-01-17
CPC Classifications: G06N,H04B,H04H,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for use in a wireless receiver tuned to a first channel associated with a first media station, the method comprising: receiving, on the first channel, a wireless signal associated with the first media station; monitoring at least one signal-quality parameter of the wireless signal, wherein the at least one signal-quality parameter includes a signal to noise ratio (SNR); maintaining a history of the at least one signal-quality parameter, the history indicating an association between a value of the at least one signal-quality parameter and a situational parameter; receiving, via a communications network, information associated with current situational parameters; determining a current situational parameter based on the information; and determining, based on the current situational parameter and the history, that a value of the at least one signal-quality parameter is expected to drop below a threshold level within a period of time; and preemptively tuning the wireless receiver from the first media station, automatically without human action, to an alternate media station on a second channel prior to an expiration of the period of time.