Patent ID: 7340761
Filing Date: 2008-03-04
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for delivering radio programs and related schedule information using an Internet-enabled television system, the method comprising: retrieving schedule information at a customer's Internet-enabled television system pertaining to radio programs being broadcast by a plurality of Internet-accessible radio stations; automatically caching all of the radio programs being contiguously broadcast by a first radio station during a period of time; formatting the schedule information into an interactive schedule guide including listings of previously broadcast and cached radio programs, wherein the interactive program guide includes listings of current and future radio programs in a same interface with the listings of the previously broadcast and cached radio programs; displaying the interactive schedule guide on a television associated with the customer's Internet-enabled television system; and allowing the customer to select one of the cached radio programs listed in the interactive schedule guide, such that the customer may listen to any of the radio programs contiguously broadcast during the period of time by the first radio station.