Patent ID: 7457596

Claim:
A method of determining and providing radio signals and data relating to radio signals receivable at an actual receiving site, comprising the steps of: determining data relating to the actual receiving site in a radio system, wherein receiving sites in a given receiving area are covered by at least one transmitter; utilizing, for determining data about radio signals receivable at the actual receiving site, at least one first list containing different data blocks about different radio signals receivable in principle in the given receiving area, each different data block having associated therewith a unique program identifier; utilizing, based on the data relating to the actual receiving site, at least one second local list for the selection of all radio signals receivable at the actual receiving site, the at least one second list containing for a given partial area of the receiving area including the actual receiving site, the unique program identifiers associated with the different data blocks about the radio signals actually receivable in the partial area, the data blocks being included in the first list and not in the second list; and directly providing on the basis of the data blocks included in the first list and associated with the unique program identifiers included in the second list, a radio signal selected from all of the radio signals actually receivable at the aqctual receiving site.