Patent ID: 8391775

Claim:
A method of updating a playlist stored on user equipment, the method comprising: capturing indicia of a current song in a mobile digital radio receiver in response to a user capture input; transmitting the captured indicia from the digital radio receiver to a wireless telecommunication device; in the wireless telecommunication device, forwarding the captured indicia to a playlist server over a wireless telecom voice channel using in-band signaling; automatically establishing a voice call to a predetermined telephone number corresponding to the playlist server in response to the user capture input if a line corresponding to the wireless telecommunication device is available; modulating the captured metadata for in-band transmission over the wireless telecom voice channel of the established voice call and forwarding said modulated representation of the captured metadata in-band over the wireless telecom voice channel of the established voice call; if the line is busy, queuing the captured metadata for a later transfer; in the playlist server, forwarding the received indicia to the user equipment to update a playlist; and sending data indicative of a current location of the mobile digital radio receiver to the playlist server.