Patent ID: 7948969

Claim:
A wearable Internet radio, comprising: a housing configured to be worn by a user; a port coupled to the housing and configured for Internet communication; a digital data repository disposed with the housing and configured for storing a plurality of assertable addresses of Internet audio data streams; one or more electronic components within the housing for rendering a currently received audio data stream corresponding to an asserted address as audio output; and at least one user-operable input disposed on the housing, and configured to enable a user to change to receive another audio data stream associated with another address by asserting a different one of the stored assertable addresses; wherein the radio is programmed to automatically access a specific directory server on the Internet in response to connection to the Internet, to download at least one URL from, and stored on, the directory server, and to associate each downloaded URL one-to-one with an individual one of the at least one user-operable input, the at least one downloaded URL providing a link to one or more broadcast servers that are separate from the directory server.