Patent ID: 6741869
Filing Date: 2004-05-25
Classification: H04H,H04L,H04W

Abstract:
A radio for receiving and playing audio data originating from an internet comprising:a plurality of physical controls suitable for manipulation by human digits, wherein at least one physical control of the plurality of physical controls is a physical radio-like control modeled after a traditional AM/FM radio control and dedicated to a particular internet function; a communications unit used to provide the radio a communications link to the internet; an audio unit; and a processor, wherein the processor is electrically connected to the plurality of controls, the communications unit, and the audio unit and wherein the processor includes first instruction means for establishing the communications link to the internet using the communications unit, second instruction means for accessing an internet site containing audio data in response to a manipulation or a first control within the plurality of controls, and third instruction means for playing the audio data through the audio unit, wherein the first control is a uniform resource locator control and wherein the internet site accessed using the second instruction means corresponds to a uniform resource locator which is selected from a plurality of preselected uniform resource locators in response to the manipulation of the first control.