Patent ID: 7953183

Claim:
A method for blending a radio signal comprising: receiving a hybrid radio signal with a transceiver, the hybrid signal including an analog radio signal and a digital radio signal; determining presence of the digital radio signal in the hybrid radio signal; blending from the analog radio signal to the digital radio signal with the transceiver when the analog radio signal and the digital radio signal are both present in the hybrid radio signal; setting an analog mode for a predetermined period of time with the transceiver when the digital radio signal is not present in the hybrid radio signal, where, based on the digital radio signal not being present in the hybrid radio signal, the transceiver suspends determining the presence of the digital radio signal in the hybrid radio signal during the predetermined period of time; after the analog mode is set, determining a digital radio signal quality parameter with the transceiver; resuming, after expiration of the predetermined period of time, the determining the presence of the digital radio signal in the hybrid radio signal; and processing the digital radio signal with the transceiver when the digital radio signal is present in the received hybrid radio signal upon expiration of the predetermined period of time and the digital radio signal quality parameter is greater than a determined threshold.