Patent ID: 7313375

Claim:
A method for seamlessly facilitating reception of broadcast data by a user moving among a plurality of broadcast coverage areas, said method comprising the steps of: receiving, by a receiving device at a current location of the user, a first signal containing desired data, wherein said first signal is broadcast from a first transmitting station associated with a first broadcast coverage area, wherein said desired data comprises audio, video, and/or multimedia data; and if said first signal fades at said current location, automatically tuning at said current location to a second transmitting station associated with a second broadcast coverage area broadcasting a second signal containing said desired data, thereby permitting said user to seamlessly receive said data as said user moves among a plurality of broadcast coverage areas; wherein the step of automatically tuning comprises the steps of: sending a service request to a remote server from an in-vehicle wireless data communication device that is connected with the receiving device by a data bus, wherein the service request comprises a client ID for the in-vehicle wireless data communication device and a frequency of the first signal; and receiving a frequency of the second signal from the remote server tuning to the frequency of the second signal.