Patent ID: 7912421
Filing Date: 2011-03-22
Classification: H03J,H04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: means for detecting a plurality of radio stations broadcast within a spectrum of frequencies; means for decoding, for each of a plurality of detected radio stations, at least one piece of supplementary information broadcast in conjunction with the plurality of radio stations, the at least one piece of supplementary information comprising an associated radio station name; means for receiving a partial name of a radio station input by a user as a search criterion, the partial name comprising some, but not all, of the characters of a complete name of the radio station; means for responding to reception of the partial name of the radio station by generating a radio station name set including at least one radio station name, wherein the radio station name set is generated at least in part by using the received partial name of the radio station as a search criterion by matching the received partial name of the radio station with the supplementary information; means for controlling a display to display the radio station name set, including the at least one radio station name, generated by matching the received partial name of the radio station with the supplementary information; and means for receiving a user selection of a radio station name, the user selection being from the radio station name set displayed on the display and generated by matching the received partial name of the radio station with the supplementary information; wherein the supplementary information conforms to at least one of the Radio Data System standard or the Radio Broadcasting Data System standard.