Patent ID: 6920479

Claim:
A method for selectively connecting to an audio source in a device capable of receiving audio content from a plurality of audio content netcasters and from AM/FM radio sources and outputting said audio content received, each audio content netcaster having a URL, the device capable of connecting to the audio content netcaster with the URL, the device capable of tuning to the AM/FM sources, said method comprising the steps of: providing each audio content netcaster with an arbitrary station number; storing the arbitrary station number and URL of said plurality of audio content netcasters; selecting an audio source; if the selected audio source is one of the plurality of audio content netcasters, then further selecting a desired arbitrary station number, and if the desired arbitrary station number is associated with any of the plurality of audio content netcasters then recalling the URL associated with the selected arbitrary station number and connecting to the audio content netcaster with the URL associated with selected arbitrary station number, and if the selected arbitrary station number is not associated with any of the plurality of audio content netcasters, then outputting an audio clip; if the selected audio source is any of the AM/FM sources, then tuning to the AM/FM sources; and wherein the arbitrary station numbers fall within a range of numbers.