Patent ID: 8918480

Claim:
A method of receiving an Internet radio broadcast selected by a radio device, comprising the steps of: accessing an Internet radio site over a communications network, wherein the Internet radio site is communicatively coupled to one or more Internet radio broadcast stations that provide Internet radio broadcasts; displaying in a first display mode of a display a list of Internet radio broadcast stations that are accessible by the Internet radio site and in a second display mode of the display information about a currently received Internet radio broadcast; receiving a selection performed via a physical manipulation of a control element mounted on the radio device, wherein in the first display mode the physical manipulation scrolls through the displayed list of Internet radio broadcast stations on the display and enables selection of one of the Internet radio broadcast stations in the displayed list of Internet radio broadcast stations and in the second display mode the physical manipulation of the control element scrolls through a user-preselected subset of preferred Internet radio broadcast stations displayed on the display; sending information identifying the selected Internet radio broadcast station to the Internet radio site; and receiving the Internet radio broadcast provided by the selected Internet radio broadcast station.