Patent ID: 8442524

Claim:
A method for providing access to broadcast media content, the method comprising: determining positioning information corresponding to a location of a mobile terminal; automatically retrieving a first channel list comprising available broadcast media content channel information based on the determined positioning information, wherein the first channel list includes boundaries of a geographic coverage area for at least one available channel included in the first channel list and frequency information corresponding to the at least one available channel; tuning a tuner of the mobile terminal to the at least one available channel based on the corresponding frequency information to receive media content broadcast over the at least one available channel; presenting the received media content via a user interface of the mobile terminal; determining an occurrence of a first condition based on a predetermined quality of service (QoS) threshold or a predetermined amount of time; responsive to the occurrence of the first condition, re-determining the positioning information of the mobile terminal; comparing the re-determined positioning information of the mobile terminal to the boundaries of the geographic coverage area for the at least one available channel; determining an occurrence of a second condition wherein the mobile terminal is within a predetermined range of an end of the geographic coverage area for the at least one available channel responsive to the comparing; and responsive to the occurrence of the second condition, automatically retrieving a second channel list comprising available broadcast media content channel information for a location corresponding to the re-determined positioning information.