Patent ID: 8140002

Claim:
An apparatus for altering a frequency of a radio broadcast, the apparatus comprising: a communication unit for receiving a radio broadcast comprising information on a channel of the radio broadcast and a transmission intensity of the radio broadcast; a memory for storing a threshold of an intensity of radio waves for determining a quality of the radio broadcast; a radio frequency management unit for altering a frequency of a radio broadcast under control of a controller; the controller for, when receiving the radio broadcast, identifying the channel and the transmission intensity of the radio broadcast, checking whether there exists a radio broadcast frequency of better quality than a frequency of the in-reception radio broadcast, and controlling the radio frequency management unit to select the checked radio broadcast frequency for a frequency alteration; and a satellite signal receiver for receiving position information on a system receiving the radio broadcast, wherein the controller receives the position information via the satellite signal receiver, identifies a position of the system, and identifies frequencies of the radio broadcast receivable in the identified position, and wherein after identifying the frequencies of the radio broadcast receivable in the identified position, the controller controls the radio frequency management unit to select a radio broadcast frequency of a good quality from among the identified radio frequencies.