Patent ID: 8738737

Claim:
A method of providing stored digital audio content to a remotely located frequency modulated (FM) radio having a tunable FM receiver, comprising: using a portable media player having a control module to store a program, the program configured to facilitate recording of the streamed digital content over the WAN; configuring the portable media player to have a user interface that includes a plurality of controls to enable a user to control a playback of the streamed digital content on the portable media player and to select a specific FM frequency that audio content will be transmitted on from the portable media player; when the portable media player is placed in communication with an external computing device, causing the program of the portable media player to be loaded onto the external computing device over an established communications link between the portable media player and the external computing device, and to obtain, using the program while running on the external computing device, selected digital audio content being broadcast from a remote content source over a wide area network; using the program to relay the selected digital audio content received by the external computing device to the portable media player and to store the selected digital content on the media player; breaking the communications link between the portable media player and the external computing device; placing the portable media player within a predetermined proximity of the FM receiver; and upon receiving a command at the portable media player, using an FM transmitter of the portable media player to wirelessly transmit the stored selected digital content, in analog form, to the FM receiver on the specific FM frequency, for playback on the FM radio.