Patent ID: 8185222

Claim:
An adapter for receiving a wireless digital signal that includes an audio signal and audio metadata concerning said audio signal from a portable electronic device, said adapter comprising: a Bluetooth wireless receiver for receiving the wireless digital signal from the portable electronic device in a Bluetooth digital format; a microprocessor having format conversion software for converting the Bluetooth formatted audio signal in said wireless digital signal into an XM or Sirius satellite radio formatted audio signal; XM or Sirius satellite metadata generating software for generating satellite radio formatted metadata based upon said received Bluetooth formatted audio metadata; a switch for electrically coupling an output of said adapter to a satellite radio input of an audio system when said Bluetooth transceiver detects a Bluetooth transmission; wherein said adapter provides the satellite radio formatted audio signal and metadata to the audio system such that said audio signal is reproduced by an audio output of said audio system and said metadata is displayed on a display of said audio system.