PCT
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`WORLD INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ORGANIZATION
`Intematlonal Bureau
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`(51) International Patent Classification 6 :
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`WO 99/38266
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`INTERNATIONAL APPLICATION PUBLISHED UNDER THE PATENT COOPERATION TREATY (PCT)
`H04B 1/06
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`(11) International Publication Number:
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`(43) International Publication Date:
`29 July 1999 (29.07.99)
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`PCT/US99/01001
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` (81) Designated States: AL, AM, AT, AU, AZ, BA, BB, BG, BR,
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`(21) International Application Number:
`BY, CA, CH, CN, CU, CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, GB, GD,
`GE, GH, GM, HR, HU, ID, IL, IN, IS, JP, KE, KG, KP,
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`(22) International Filing Date:
`19 January 1999 (19.01.99)
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`KR, KZ, LC, LK, LR, LS, LT, LU, LV, MD, MG, MK,
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`MN, MW, MX, NO, NZ, PL, PT, RO, RU, SD, SE, SG,
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`SI, SK, SL, TJ, TM, TR, TT, UA, UG, UZ, VN, YU, ZW,
` (30) Priority Data:
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`ARIPO patent (GH, GM, KE, LS, MW, SD, SZ, UG, ZW),
`60/072,127
`22 January 1998 (22.01.98)
`US
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`US
`Eurasian patent (AM, AZ, BY, KG, KZ, MD, RU, TJ, TM),
`09/096,703
`12 June 1998 (12.06.98)
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`European patent (AT, BE, CH, CY, DE, DK, ES, FI, FR,
`GB, GR, IE, IT, LU, MC, NL, PT, SE), OAPI patent (BF,
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`BJ, CF, CG, CI, CM, GA, GN, GW, ML, MR, NE, SN,
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`(71)(72) Applicants and Inventors: QURESHEY, Safi
`[US/US];
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`TD, TG).
`15941 Red Hill, Tustin, CA 92780 (US). QURESHEY, Wasi
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`[PK/US]; 15941 Red Hill, Tustin, CA 92780 (US).
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`Published
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`(74) Agent: ALTMAN, Daniel, E.; Knobbe, Martens, Olson & Bear,
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`With international search report.
`16th floor, 620 Newport Center Drive, Newport Beach, CA
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`92660—8016 (US).
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`(54) Title:
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`INTELLIGENT RADIO
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`(57) Abstract
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`An intelligent radio
`that
`apparatus
`(100)
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`is
`adapted
`to
`receive
`Web
`radio
`broadcasts
`is disclosed.
`The Web
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`Radio
`provides
`a
`user
`interface that
`is less like
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`a computer program and
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`more like a conventional
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`radio,
`thus making the
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`device easy to use. Rather
`’70
`than
`the
`complicated
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`user
`interface
`found on
`Personal
`computers,
`the
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`intelligent
`radio provides
`familiar
`radio~type user
`
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`controls such as switches
`706’
`(120),
`a
`tuning
`knob
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`(1 14),
`joysticks,
`cursor
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`controls
`(116),
`voice
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`activated
`controls,
`etc.
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`The
`radio—type
`user
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`controls
`allow the user
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`to
`select
`a Web radio
`735
`station and control other
`aspects of
`the operation
`
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`of
`the
`intelligent
`radio
`(100) in a manner that is
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`more like a conventional
`radio
`and
`less
`like
`a
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`computer program. The intelligent radio (100) is configured to run the software needed to access the Internet and thus relieves the user
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`of complicated software installation tasks such as installing and configuring an operating system and installing and configuring Internet
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`access software. The intelligent radio also provides Internet telephony, voicemail, and voice—email capabilities.
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`Zimbabwe
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`Albania
`Armenia
`Austria
`Australia
`Azerbaijan
`Bosnia and Herzegovina
`Barbados
`Belgium
`Burkina Faso
`Bulgaria
`Benin
`Brazil
`Belarus
`Canada
`Central African Republic
`Congo
`Switzerland
`Céte d’Ivoire
`Cameroon
`China
`Cuba
`Czech Republic
`Germany
`Denmark
`Estonia
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`ES
`FI
`FR
`GA
`GB
`GE
`GH
`GN
`GR
`HU
`[E
`[L
`IS
`IT
`JP
`KE
`KG
`KP
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`KR
`KZ
`LC
`LI
`LK
`LR
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`Spain
`Finland
`France
`Gabon
`United Kingdom
`Georgia
`Ghana
`Guinea
`Greece
`Hungary
`Ireland
`Israel
`Iceland
`Italy
`Japan
`Kenya
`Kyrgyzstan
`Democratic People’s
`Republic of Korea
`Republic of Korea
`Kazakstan
`Saint Lucia
`Liechtenstein
`Sri Lanka
`Liberia
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`Codes used to identify States party to the PCT on the front pages of pamphlets publishing international applications under the PCT.
`SI
`SK
`SN
`SZ
`TD
`TG
`TJ
`TM
`TR
`TT
`UA
`UG
`US
`UZ
`VN
`YU
`ZW
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`Slovenia
`Slovakia
`Senegal
`Swaziland
`Chad
`Togo
`Tajikistan
`Turkmenistan
`Turkey
`Trinidad and Tobago
`Ukraine
`Uganda
`United States of America
`Uzbekistan
`Viet Nam
`Yugoslavia
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`LS
`LT
`LU
`LV
`MC
`MD
`MG
`MK
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`ML
`MN
`MR
`MW
`MX
`NE
`NL
`NO
`NZ
`PL
`PT
`RO
`RU
`SD
`SE
`SG
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`Lesotho
`Lithuania
`Luxembourg
`Latvia
`Monaco
`Republic of Moldova
`Madagascar
`The former Yugoslav
`Republic of Macedonia
`Mali
`Mongolia
`Mauritania
`Malawi
`Mexico
`Niger
`Netherlands
`Norway
`New Zealand
`Poland
`Portugal
`Romania
`Russian Federation
`Sudan
`Sweden
`Singapore
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`Background of the Invention
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`Field of the Invention
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`The present invention relates to the field of reception of audio programming, and, more particularly, relates to the field of
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`transmission and reception of streaming audio over a computer network such as the Internet.
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`Description of the Related Art
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`The Internet is a worldwide array of interconnected computers and information servers that allow anyone with a computer
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`and access to the Internet to get information about virtually any subject 24 hours a day. For the average consumer, an Internet Service
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`Provider (ISP) provides access to the Internet.
`ISPs such as CompuServe, Prodigy, and America On-Line, currently link over ten million
`users to the Internet.
`lIsers typically connect to the ISP by using standard telephone lines and a telephone modem. Cable modems that
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`allow a user to connect to the ISP over cable television lines, and satellite connections to the Internet, are also available.
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`The Internet provides a wealth of information from stock reports to headline news. One of the newer services provided on the
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`Internet is a streaming audio le.g., RealAudio and MPEG audio) service. Streaming audio services are often provided in connection with
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`the World Wide Web (Web) and thus are often called Web radio broadcasts. With streaming audio, 8 user with a Personal Computer (PC),
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`a sound card, and the necessary software can listen to audio programs from anywhere in the world. For example, Radio Prague provides
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`daily Internet broadcasts from the Czech Republic. Listeners in the U.S. can listen to these Web radio broadcasts either in real time, or
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`stored for later replay. Thus, unlike more traditional radio broadcasts where the listener must be within a reception area, Web radio
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`broadcasts can be heard anywhere, so long as the listener has a connection to the Internet and the necessary computer hardware and
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`Unfortunately, even with the ever-decreasing cost of personal computers, the hardware and software needed to listen to a
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`Web radio broadcast is beyond the financial means of many people. Even for those that can afford a personal computer, listening to a
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`Web radio broadcast ties up the computer so that the user cannot use it for other purposes. Moreover, the use of a personal computer
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`to receive streaming audio le.g., Web radio broadcasts) requires a certain amount of computer literacy on the part of the user. The user
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`must be able to install the Web Radio software, configure the Web Radio software to communicate with the ISP, and find the various
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`Web radio broadcasts provided on the Web.
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`Summary of the Invention
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`Embodiments of the present invention solve these and other problems by providing an intelligent radio apparatus that is
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`adapted to allow a user to receive Web radio broadcasts in a manner similar to the ease and low cost with which a user receives a
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`regular radio broadcast. Embodiments of the intelligent radio also provide Internet telephony, voicemail, text-to-voice email, voice-to-text
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`email, and voice activated commands. These features are provided in a simple, low-cost, easy-to-use device.
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`A preferred embodiment of the intelligent radio apparatus relieves the user of the complicated tasks associated with installing
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`and configuring computer software. The intelligent radio apparatus also preferably provides a user interface that is less like a computer
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`program and more like a conventional radio, thus making the device easy to use.
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`In a preferred embodiment, the user controls provided
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`by the intelligent radio are so similar to the controls provided on a conventional AM radio or FM radio that a non-technical user can tune
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`into Web radio broadcasts or AMIFM radio broadcasts with similar ease. When compared to a full-fledged computer, such as a laptop or
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`the intelligent
`desktop computer,
`maintenance, and more convenience.
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`radio typically provides lower cost, smaller size,
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`lower power consumption,
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`less upkeep and
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`Various embodiments of the intelligent radio include user controls such as switches, a tuning knob, joysticks, cursor controls,
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`remote controls, etc. The user controls allow the user to select a Web radio station and control other aspects of the operation of the
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`intelligent radio.
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`In some embodiments, the user controls are configured such that the intelligent radio operates more like a conventional
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`radio and less like a computer program. For example, in one embodiment, the intelligent radio includes a tuning knob that allows the user
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`to ”tune" Web radio stations from a list of available Web radio stations. The user turns the tuning knob to move from one Web radio
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`station in a manner similar to the way a user would use the tuning knob on a conventional radio to tune from one radio station to
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`another. The intelligent radio provides each selection of Web radio broadcasts by categories such as, for example, language, content,
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`subject matter, etc.
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`The intelligent radio apparatus includes a visual display for providing information to a user, a network interface (e.g., a modem)
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`for transmitting and receiving digital data over a communications network, and embedded software adapted to connect to the Web and
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`to decode streaming audio. The communications network maybe telephone lines, cable TV lines, satellite communication systems, etc.
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`In an alternative embodiment, the intelligent radio apparatus also includes loudspeakers for playing the broadcasts. Other
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`embodiments include a data storage device for storing software and audio files.
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`ln other embodiments, the intelligent radio apparatus is adapted to be installed in an automobile, boat, airplane, or other
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`In yet another embodiment, the intelligent radio apparatus is adapted to be a portable device much like a conventional transistor
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`vehicle.
`radio.
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`In yet another embodiment, the intelligent radio is configured to work in connection with service routines running on a remote
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`computer connected to a computer network. The remote computer may be an Internet site (e.g., a web site or lSPl that provides
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`additional functionality to the intelligent radio. For example, the intelligent radio may include a microphone to allow voice-activated
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`commands to be used for controlling the intelligent radio. Voice recognition software to interpret the voice commands maybe provided in
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`either the intelligent radio or in the remote computer.
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`If the voice recognition software is located in the remote computer, then the
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`intelligent radio digitizes the voice data and passes the digitized voice data to the remote computer. The remote computer converts the
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`voice data into computer commands and passes the command to the intelligent computer.
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`In some embodiments, service routines in the
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`remote computer are used to offload other tasks as well, including, for example, formatting the display, searching the Internet for radio
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`web sites, converting audio and other data from one format to another format, etc. Offloading tasks to the remote computer simplifies
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`the intelligent radio and reduces the size and cost of the intelligent radio without sacrificing functionality. Moreover, the software in the
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`remote site can be kept up-to-date at all times without updating the software in the intelligent radio.
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`In yet another embodiment, the intelligent radio is configured to provide lnternet telephone services to a user by connecting a
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`telephone or telephone handset to the intelligent radio. An internet telephone connection, that provides streaming audio, is established
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`between the intelligent radio and a remote unit such as an intelligent radio, computer, or telephone system. When the user speaks into
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`the handset, the user’s voice is digitized and passed to the remote unit where it is converted to audio for the user of the remote unit.
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`Likewise, the remote user’s speech is digitized and passes as a stream of digital data to the intelligent radio where it is converted into
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`audio and provided to a loudspeaker in the telephone handset.
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`The various novel features of the invention are illustrated in the figures listed below and described in the detailed description
`that follows.
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`Brief Description of the Figures
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`Figure 1 is a perspective view of one embodiment of a tabletop intelligent radio apparatus.
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`Figure 2 is a block diagram of the functional elements of the intelligent radio apparatus.
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`Figure 3A shows a default display that appears while a Web broadcast is being received.
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`Figure BB shows a menu display that allows the user to select one of the command and setup displays shown in Figures 38-
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`3E.
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`Figure 30 illustrates a select language display that allows a user to specify desired languages (e.g., English, French, etc.).
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`Figure 30 illustrates a (fisplay that allows a user to select a type of program material (e.g., news, sports, weather, etc.).
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`Figure 3E illustrates a display that allows a user to select various program broadcasts.
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`Figure 4 illustrates a data-entry display that the intelligent radio apparatus uses to allow the user to input alphanumeric text.
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`Figure 5 is a flowchart that illustrates operation of the intelligent radio apparatus.
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`Figure BA illustrates the information management and data processing functions provided by a Web radio Web site le.g.,
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`Figure GB illustrates a relationship between the Web radio Web site and other web sites that provide streaming audio
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`Figure 7 is a perspective view of a tabletop intelligent radio tuner.
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`Figure 8 is a block diagram of the functional elements of the intelligent radio tuner shown in Figure 7.
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`Figure 9 is a block diagram of the functional elements of an embodiment of the intelligent radio that provides a remote
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`playback capability.
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`Figure 10 is a block diagram of the functional elements of an embodiment of the intelligent radio that provides a remote access
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`In the figures, the first digit of any three-digit number indicates the number of the figure in which the element first appears.
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`For example, an element with the reference number 502 first appears in Figure 5. Where four-digit reference numbers are used, the first
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`two digits indicate the figure number.
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`Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment
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`One aspect of the present invention is an intelligent radio device that allows a user to receive digitized radio broadcasts over
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`the World Wide Web (Web). The intelligent radio provides the hardware and software necessary to receive digitized radio from the Web
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`without the need for a personal computer or other expensive equipment. The intelligent radio provides a display device, such as a Liquid
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`Crystal Display (LCD) that allows the user to select a desired Web broadcast from a list of available Web broadcasts. The display also
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`allows the user to select Web broadcasts in a particular language. The software, the user controls, and the display in the intelligent radio
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`100 are operably configured and connected such that a user can tune into a Web radio broadcast in a manner similar to the way a user
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`would use the controls on a conventional radio to tune into an AM or FM radio station. Thus, the intelligent radio provides people who
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`are not comfortable with computers, or who do not own or have access to a computer, an opportunity to listen to streaming audio
`information from the Internet.
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`In one embodiment, the intelligent radio is a low-cost tabletop box that connects to an AC power line and a phone line. The
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`device includes a display device, speakers, a control panel, a computer processor, a stored software program, and a modem. The
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`intelligent radio uses the modem to establish a telephone connection to an Internet Service Provider (ISP). The stored software program
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`connects to a Web Radio home page, via the ISP, and downloads a list of Web radio station addresses. Alternatively, the user may enter
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`a web address le.g., a Uniform Resource Locator (URL)) to connect directly to a web page that provides audio broadcasts (instead of
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`first connecting to the Web Radio home page). The user may use buttons on the control panel to scroll through the display and select a
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`Web radio broadcast ”station” for listening. When a station is selected, the stored software program connects to the station and begins
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`to receive digitized audio data transmitted by the station. The intelligent radio converts the received data to analog audio and plays the
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`audio on one or more loudspeakers.
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`In an alternate embodiment, the intelligent radio is a tuner that connects to an audio system such as a component stereo
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`system. The tuner provides an audio output to the audio system. The audio system provides amplifiers and loudspeakers. The tuner
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`comprises an enclosure that connects to an AC power line, a network line, and the audio system. The network line maybe any type of
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`computer data connection, including, for example, a telephone line, a cable line, an Ethernet line, a Token-Ring line, a twisted pair line, an
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`infrared link, a racfio frequency link, an lEEE-1394 FireWire line, etc. The tuner includes a display device, a control panel, a computer
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`processor, a stored software program, and a modem. The intelligent radio uses the modem to establish a telephone connection to an
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`Internet Service Provider llSP). The stored software program connects to a Web Radio home page, usually provided by the ISP, and
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`downloads a list of Web radio stations. A user uses use buttons on the control panel (or remote control) to scroll through the display and
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`select a Web radio broadcast "station" for listening. Alternatively, the user may use voice-activated commands to scroll through the
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`display. When a station is selected, the stored software program connects to the station and begins to receive digitized audio data
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`transmitted by the station. The intelligent radio converts the received data to analog audio, which is provided to the audio system.
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`Figure 1 illustrates one embodiment of a tabletop intelligent radio 100. The intelligent radio 100 is mounted in an enclosure
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`101 and connects to household AC power through a power cord 104 and to a communications network by a network cable 102. The
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`network cable 102 may be a telephone line, a network cable, a cable TV cable, a connection to a wireless (e.g., satellite) unit, etc. For
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`example, the communications network may use Iridium satellites developed by the Motorola Corp., Globalstar satellites developed by a
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`consortium of European manufacturers which includes Aérospatiale and Alcatel, P21 satellites developed on a project financed by
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`lnmarsat, or the Odyssey satellite system developed by a TRW consortium associated with TeleglobelCanada.
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`User controls are mounted on the front of the enclosure 101 and include a combined on-off and volume control 110, a
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`command button 121, a cursor control 116, a select button 118, a tuning control 114, and a button bar 120. The cursor control 116
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`provides up, doWn, left, and right movements of a cursor or other entity on a display device 112. The button bar 120 provides buttons
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`to select an audio source, including, for example, ”AM" radio, ”FM” radio, “Web" radio, ”Cassette", and ”External" input. Also mounted
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`on the front of the enclosure 101 is the display device 112, which provides information to the user. An optional cassette playerlrecorder
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`130 provides the capability to play and record audio cassettes. The intelligent radio 100 also includes a left stereo speaker 106 and a
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`right stereo speaker 108 that may be mounted in the enclosure 101 or in separate enclosures. A wireless remote 135 provides remote
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`operation of the intelligent radio 100.
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`In some embodiments, a microphone is provided as well. An output from the microphone is
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`provided to an analog-to—digital converter to convert the analog microphone signal into digital data. The microphone may be placed in the
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`intelligent radio 100, in the wireless remote 135, or both.
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`Figure 2 is a block diagram of the functional elements of the intelligent radio 100. The intelligent radio 100 comprises a
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`Central Processor Unit (CPU) 202 that is used to run the intelligent radio software. The CPU 202 is connected to a random access
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`memory 204, a data storage device 210, and a modem 206. The data storage device 210 may be any type of non-volatile data storage
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`device, including, for example, a floppy disk drive, a hard disk drive, a flash memory, a CD-RDM, a DVD-ROM, a CMUS memory with
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`battery backup, etc. The data storage device 210 provides storage for software programs used by the intelligent radio 100. The
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`software stored on the data storage device 210 may be upgraded by downloading new software from the Web. The data storage
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`device 210 may also provide storage for digitized audio material, such as recorded Web radio broadcasts, CD-Audio, etc. The modem
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`206 is connected to a communications network 230, shown as a Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), by the network cable
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`102. Although the communications network 230 is shown as a PSTN network, one skilled in the art will recognize that the network 230
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`may also be a cable television (CATV) network, a satellite network, or any other communications network.
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`In one embodiment, the
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`network 230 comprises both a Direct TVIPC satellite connection that provides information to the intelligent radio 100 at high speed (e.g.,
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`400,000 bytes per second or more), and a PSTN network connection so the intelligent radio can upload information back to the ISP 232
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`(because many Direct TVIPC connections are only one-way).
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`In yet another embodiment, the satellite network is a two-way satellite
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`network that uses the satellite for both download and upload.
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`in one embodiment, the satellite network uses the Iridiumm system
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`developed, in part, by the Motorola Corp.
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`Optionally, a telephone 229 is connected to a first port of a codec 260. A second port of the codec 260 is provided to the
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`CPU 202. The codec provides digital-to—analog conversion and analog-to-digital conversion for the telephone 229. The codec 260 also
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`provides standard telephone interface signals, such as a ringing signal, to the telephone 229, and telephone status conditions, such as
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`receiver up or receiver down, to the CPU 202.
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`In some embodiments, the codec 260 and the modem 206 may be combined as a
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`telephone modem. The telephone 229 maybe connected even when the network 230 is not a telephone network.
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`The modern 206 provides an interface between the CPU 202 and the communications network 230 and the operational
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`characteristics of the modem 206 are determined by the type of communications network 230. Thus, if the network 230 is a PSTN
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`network, then a telephone modem is used; if the network 230 is a CATV network, then a cable modem is used, etc.
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`In a preferred
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`embodiment, the modem 206 is integral to the intelligent radio 100.
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`In other embodiments, the modem 206 is provided in a separate
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`enclosure. An Internet Service Provider “SH 232 provides the user with a connection from the communications network 230 to the
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`Web via the Internet 234. Note that Figure 2 shows functional elements, but not necessarily hardware configurations. Thus, for
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`example, the modern 206 may be implemented in software on the CPU 202. The CPU 202 may be a Digital Signal Processor lDSPl. The
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`CPU 202 may comprise a single computer processor, or multiple computer processors.
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`In one embodiment, the CPU 202 comprises two
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`processors, a DSP and a general purpose microprocessor.
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`in one embodiment, the modem 206 is provided in a plug-in module such that
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`the intelligent radio can be configured for different types of computer networks by simply changing the modern plug-in to suit the type of
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`network being used.
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`The CPU 202 provides data to the display device 112. The CPU 202 receives user inputs from the command button 121, the
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`tuning control 114, the button bar 120, the select button 118, and the cursor control 116. The CPU 202 provides digitized audio
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`samples to an input of a Digital-to-Analog Converter (DAC) 220. The analog audio output of the DAC 220 is provided to an amplifier 222.
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`In a preferred embodiment, the DAC 220 and the amplifier 222 are each two-channel devices, providing left and right stereo channels. A
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`left channel output of the amplifier 222 is provided to the left channel speaker 106 and a right channel output of the amplifier 222 is
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`provided to the right channel speaker 108. The volume control 110 controls the gain of the amplifier 222.
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`As shown in the preferred embodiment in Figure 2, the other optional audio sources such as the cassette device 130, an AM
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`tuner 240, an FM tuner 242, and an external input 244 also provide inputs to the amplifier 222. Other optional audio sources may be
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`provided, such as, for example, an audio CD, a DVD, a digital audio tape unit, etc. The CPU 202 controls the cassette device 130, the
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`AM tuner 240, the FM tuner 242, and other optional audio sources. A line output from the amplifier 222 may also be provided to a
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`record input of the cassette device 130.
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`As described above, the button bar 120 is used to select one of the audio sources. When the button bar 120 is set to ”AM,”
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`the intelligent radio 100 operates in an AM radio mode.
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`In the AM radio mode, an analog output from the AM tuner 240 is provided to
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`the amplifier 222. Also in the AM radio mode, the display device 112 displays the frequency of an AM station selected by the AM tuner
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`240. The user may use the tuning control 114 to select a desired AM station. The AM mode is optional.
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`An analog output from a microphone 250 is provided to an analog input of an analog-to-digital converter 252. A digital output
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`from the analog-to-digital converter 252 is provided to the CPU 202. The microphone 250 and converter 252 allow for voice commands
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`to control the intelligent radio. The microphone 250 and converter 252 are optional.
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`In some embodiments, a microphone is also placed
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`in a wireless remote so that voice commands can be provided from the wireless remote.
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`When the button bar 120 is set to "FM,” the intelligent radio 100 operates in an FM radio mode.
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`In the FM radio mode, the
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`analog audio output from the FM tuner is provided to the amplifier 222, and the display device 112 displays the frequency of the FM
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`station selected by the FM tuner 242. The FM mode is also optional.
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`When the button bar 120 is set to “Cassette,” the intelligent radio 100 operates in a cassette playback mode.
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`In the cassette
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`playback mode, analog output from the cassette player is provided to the amplifier 222, and the display device 112 displays information
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`relating to the cassette playback. The cassette playback mode is also optional. The cassette device 130 may also optionally be
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`configured to provide a record capability such that the cassette can be used to record audio information from any of the other modes.
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`Thus, for example, the cassette can be used to record FM radio, AM radio, or Web radio broadcasts.
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`When the button bar 120 is set to ”Web,” the intelligent radio 100 operates in a Web Radio mode.
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`In the Web Radio mode, the
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`intelligent radio 100 uses the modem 206 to connect to the ISP 232. The ISP 232 provides a list of available Web broadcasts, and
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`access to the Internet 234, so that the various Web broadcasts can be received by the intelligent radio 100.
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`In the Web Radio mode, the
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`display device 1 12 is used to select a Web broadcast and to provide information about the selected Web broadcast.
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`Figures 3A through 3E show various displays provided by the display device 112 while in the Web Radio mode. Figure 3A
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`shows a default display 300 that appears while a Web broadcast is being received. Figure 38 shows a menu display that allows the user
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`to select one of the command and setup displays shown in Figures 30-3E.
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`The display 300, shown in Figure 3A, includes information about the Web broadcast including the type of broadcast Ie.g.,
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`"Newscast"I, the Web address (URL) of the source for the broadcast Ie.g., http::llwwwlnpr.org), a description of the broadcast Ie.g.,
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`”National Public Radio 1997"), a broadcast format Ie.g., "Streaming RealAudio"), etc.
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`Figure 3B shows a menu display 320 that allows the user to access the Various setup and control displays shown in Figures
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`3D-3E. The user activates the menu display 320 by pressing the command button 121. The display 320 provides a menu list 322 that
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`lists the various other command displays. The list 322 may provide: a ”Tune Station" command for activating a tune-station display 340,
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`shown in Figure 3E; a "Select Language” command for activating a select-language display 310, shown in Figure 30; and a ”Select List”
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`command for activating a select-list display 322, shown in Figure 3D. The list 322 may also provide commands to activate other displays
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`(not shown) such as "Setup," to initialize the intelligent radio, “Scan Stations,” to get a new list of Web broadcast stations from the ISP
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`232, and ”Define Station,” to manually define a Web broadcast station not listed by the ISP 232. The list 322 may also provide
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`commands to activate other displays such as "Set Clock,” and ”Set Alarm," to provide optional clock and alarm clock modes for the
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`display device 1 12.
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`The display 320 also provides a scroll bar 321 to allow the user to scroll through the list 322 and select an item (command)
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`from the list. Scrolling maybe accomplished by using either the cursor control 116 or the tuning control 114. The user uses the cursor
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`control 116 or the tuning control 114 to highlight a desired menu item in the list 322, and then the user presses the select button 118 to
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`select the highlighted menu item.
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`The select-language display 310, shown in Figure 38, allows the user to elect to receive Web broadcasts in one or more
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`selected languages. The display 310 provides a list of available languages 312 and a scroll bar 314 for scrolling through the list 312.
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`Each item in the list 312 corresponds to a language (e.g., English, French, etc.) and each item is provided with a checkbox 313.
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`If a
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`checkbox 313 is checked, then the corresponding language is enabled. The display 310 also provides an OK button 315, a Cancel button
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`316, a Clear-All button 317, and a Select-All button 318. The Clear-All button 317 clears all of the checkboxes 313, and the Select-All
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`button 318 checks all of the checkboxes 313. The user ”presses" one of the buttons 315-318 by using the cursor control 116 to
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`highlight a desired button and then pressing the select button 118 to ”press” the highlighted button.
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`The select-list display 330, shown in Figure 30, allows the user to select a preferred type of program material (e.g., Sports,
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`Weather, News, All, etc.). The display 330 includes a list 332 of program types and a scroll bar 331. The user uses the cursor control
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`116 or the tuning control 114 to highlight a desired program type from the list 332, and then the user presses the select button 118 to
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`select the highlighted program type.
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`The select-broadcast display 340, shown in Figure 3E, allows the user to select a Web broadcast. The display 330 inclu