Patent ID: 7522895
Filing Date: 2009-04-21
Classification: H04H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A storage medium, said storage medium being selectively coupled to processing circuitry, said storage medium containing indicia readable by said processing circuitry for providing program signals to control processing a plurality of digital data streams, said digital data streams being derived from transmissions received from a like plurality of radio stations, said program signals being effective for: receiving said digital data streams by a processing circuit; simultaneously storing segments of all of said digital data streams in separate memory units, said segments being of a duration sufficient to include complete songs being played on said radio stations from a beginning to an end of said songs; determining when one or more of said digital data streams contains a predetermined data sequence, said predetermined data sequence being representative of the playing of a particular song on one of said radio stations; producing an alert signal upon said determining, said alert signal being operable to provide at least one perceptible indicium to a user that said predetermined song is being received by said receiver; and enabling said user to make a selection to play said predetermined song from said beginning of said predetermined song.