Patent ID: 6785656
Filing Date: 2004-08-31
Classification: H04H

Abstract:
A device for receiving, storing and playing back digital audio radio signals, comprising:a portable receiver for receiving a digitally encoded bit stream over-the-air on a plurality of communication resources, wherein each of the plurality of communication resources contains content and associated index information; a decoder for selectively decoding a selected plurality of communication resources; a user input for selecting the selected plurality of communication resources based on the associated index information and for selecting a portion of the content contained in selected plurality of communication resources to be retrieved; a storage medium coupled to the decoder for storing the content and associated index information contained in the selected plurality of communication resources; a system controller coupled to the user input for storing and retrieving content to and from the storage medium based on input received at the user input; a radio frequency to audio converter module coupled to an audio output device to access content in the plurality of communication resources in real time; and a radio frequency to control data module to provide the system controller with control data that is required to control a signal demultiplexer block to select either real time content or locally stored content for routing to a user.