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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 22, 2002
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2000
Mark Andrew Cummings-Hill, Carmel, IN (US);
David Gordon Curry, Kokomo, IN (US);
Delphi Technologies, Inc., Troy, MI (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides for an easy-to-use radio that enables quick selection of radio station channels according to program type. The radio includes a receiver for receiving radio wave signals on radio station signal channels having radio data information, and has a tuner tuneable to one or more of the radio station signal channels. The radio has a processor for receiving and deciphering the radio data information and memory for storing a plurality of programmable preset channels according to a program type indicative of the type of the radio station broadcast. The radio further has a user input for selecting one of the programmable presets and for further selecting one of the preset radio station signal channels based on the selected preset.