Patent ID: 7996018

Claim:
A location-specific frequency tuning system comprising: a location unit; a wireless interface to a wide area network; a user interface; a mobile receiving unit configured for tuning to receive a broadcast signal based on a selected frequency provided as input to the mobile receiving unit; and a frequency selection unit coupled to said mobile receiving unit, said frequency selection unit configured for: receiving a current location from the location unit, receiving tuning data comprising a set of frequencies of broadcast signals corresponding to different geographic regions through the wireless interface at the current location from a database on the wide area network, selecting a plurality of frequencies from the set of frequencies of broadcast signals based on the strength of said plurality of frequencies, arranging said plurality of frequencies by subject content categories and geographic areas corresponding to said plurality of frequencies based on user-selected content category information, selecting localized content information from said arranged plurality of frequencies when said system moves to a new reception area among a plurality of reception areas, said selected localized content information comprising a plurality of localized content-specific frequencies corresponding to said user-selected content category information and said new reception area, and said selected localized content information further comprising a description of specific broadcast format information for each of said plurality of localized content-specific frequencies, generating a menu listing said selected localized content information, outputting said menu to a user through said user interface, selecting one of said plurality of localized content-specific frequencies based on a user selection, and tuning said mobile receiving unit to said selected localized content-specific frequency.