Patent ID: 7970342

Claim:
An accessory for use with a digital music player, said accessory comprising: an interface that receives an audio output signal from said digital music player and produces an analog FM broadcast frequency modulated audio signal based upon said audio output signal; an encoder that receives device generated digital data concerning said audio output from said digital music player and encodes said device generated digital data into encoded digital data in a digital FM broadcast format; and a wireless transmitter for simultaneously wirelessly transmitting said encoded digital data to a remote FM receiver in a portion of an FM frequency band allocated to digital broadcast radio data and transmitting said analog FM broadcast frequency modulated audio signal to a remote FM receiver in a portion of said FM frequency band allocated to analog broadcast signals such that said remote FM receiver decodes said frequency modulated audio signal into an audio signal and produces audio based upon said audio signal and a display of said remote FM receiver displays music information corresponding to said transmitted encoded digital data.