Patent ID: 8478217

Claim:
A scanner for monitoring signals at one or more frequencies comprising: a radio receiver for receiving information transmitted on a channel corresponding to one of said one or more frequencies; a processor configured to recover said information transmitted on said channel when said scanner is tuned to said one of said one or more frequencies, and to perform various functionalities of the scanner in accordance with a set of instructions including first and second menus of selectable menu items; a display, wherein said processor is configured to control said display to display said selectable menu items of said first and second menus; and at least one variable selector operatively coupled to the processor for selecting, in response to a user actuation of said variable selector, at least one of said selectable menu items of said first menu when said first menu is displayed on said display, and at least one of said selectable menu items of said second menu when said second menu is displayed on said display, and wherein said first menu comprises a selectable Main menu displayed on said display for selecting among a plurality of main menu options including a first option, a second option, a third option, a fourth option, and a fifth option, and wherein said processor is configured to control said display to display said selectable Main menu and said plurality of main menu options; and wherein said second menu comprises the first option, and wherein said first option comprises selectable menu items for multiple series representing racing events, and wherein said processor is configured to control said display to display said selectable menu items of said first option; wherein said second menu comprises the second option, and wherein said second option comprises a list of car and associated driver options participating in a racing event, and wherein said processor is configured to control said display to display said list of car and associated driver options, and wherein said list of said second option comprises a selectable list of car and associated driver options for selecting and deselecting at least one of said car and associated driver options in said list that is to be scanned, and wherein said processor is configured to control said display to display said selectable list of car and associated driver options; and wherein said second menu comprises the third option, and wherein said third option comprises a plurality of selectable driver scanning selections having a scanning rate higher than remaining driver selections, and wherein said processor is configured to control said display to display said plurality of selectable driver scanning selections of said third option.