Patent ID: 7493099

Claim:
A mobile radio system, comprising: (a) a vehicle; (b) a radio contained within said vehicle said radio being of the type which receives broadcast radio transmissions of music, weather, news and the like, such as standard AM or FM broadcast transmissions, said radio having an audio output coupled to a speaker in a vehicle to enable it to be heard by a driver or other radio listener; (c) digital memory coupled to receive the output of said radio, wherein said digital memory captures at least one transmitted segment and each segment is characterized by a duration; and (d) one or more user-controlled memory selection switches coupled to said digital memory, wherein said delay selection switches direct the replay of said at least one transmitted segment upon actuation of one of said switches, said segment having a duration of five minutes or less, and said segment comprising the output of said radio during a period of time substantially preceding the actuation of one of said switches, said segment beginning a period of time before the actuation of said switch and ending about the time of the actuation of said switch to define said captured segment of the output of said radio and said segment having said duration, whereby the driver or other listener to the radio may hear for a second time certain information from said output of said radio which was output substantially before actuation of said switch.