Patent ID: 7460440

Claim:
An alarm clock radio that handles internet radio content that is provided to the alarm clock radio over an in-home network that is separate from the alarm clock radio and that handles audio that is provided to the alarm clock radio from an in-home computer, comprising: control circuitry and memory; short-range wireless communications circuitry that communicates with the in-home network over a short-range wireless communications link, wherein the control circuitry and memory are configured to use the short-range wireless communications circuitry to receive the internet radio content and are configured to use the short-range wireless communications circuitry to receive the audio provided from the in home computer; speakers coupled to the control circuitry and memory through which the control circuitry and memory plays the internet radio content and the audio from the in-home computer to a user; and a user interface with which the user sets an alarm time for the alarm clock radio.