Patent ID: 7756533

Claim:
A method for providing broadcast media source tuning information to a remote device from a mobile terminal having a local user interface, comprising: detecting an audio and/or video player device in the vicinity of the mobile terminal; receiving a user request to transmit tuning information for a selected broadcast media source from a user interface of the mobile terminal; receiving an identification of the detected audio and/or video device as the remote device that is to receive the tuning information from the user interface of the mobile terminal; formatting the tuning information based on a protocol for tuning type information providing for automatic tuning of the receiving remote device to the selected broadcast media source; and transmitting the tuning information to the identified remote device responsive to the user request, wherein transmitting the tuning information comprises transmitting the tuning information using a localized ad hoc protocol wireless network and wherein detecting the audio and/or video device comprises detecting the audio and/or video device using the ad hoc wireless network, wherein the audio and/or video player device is not a mobile terminal and comprises a higher quality player device than the mobile terminal providing the broadcast media source tuning information.