Patent ID: 7606327
Filing Date: 2009-10-20
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
1. A method of operating a receiver capable of playing a local broadcast signal and a national broadcast signal for providing a seamless transition between national broadcast information and local broadcast information by the receiver, said method comprising the steps of: determining if the receiver is set to a national information mode setting or a local information mode setting by the receiver; upon determining when the national mode setting is detected, gathering location information of the receiver; downloading an available plurality of preferred local stations to the receiver that correlate to the gathered location information; choosing a local station from the plurality of preferred local stations; determining the availability of the chosen local station and, if not available, searching for the chosen local station or for another available local station chosen from the plurality of preferred local stations, to select the local broadcast signal for playing by the receiver; playing of the national broadcast signal by the receiver: monitoring for a time-slot interrupt within the national broadcast signal and a signal interrupt within the local broadcast signal, by the receiver; detecting the time-slot interrupt or the signal interrupt by the receiver for interrupting the national broadcast signal; and if either the time-slot interrupt or the signal interrupt is present, initiating the playing of the local broadcast signal by the receiver.