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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2003
David D. Heiderscheit, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Michael Barnea, Highland Park, IL (US);
Steven G. Palmer, Huntley, IL (US);
Tsung-wen Sheng, Inverness, IL (US);
David D. Heiderscheit, Crystal Lake, IL (US);
Michael Barnea, Highland Park, IL (US);
Steven G. Palmer, Huntley, IL (US);
Tsung-Wen Sheng, Inverness, IL (US);
Motorola, Inc., Schaumburg, IL (US);
Abstract
A method of storing and selecting a radio station () in a radio () having a plurality of tuner presets () and a plurality of memory locations () assigned to each of the plurality of tuner presets, includes storing a plurality of radio stations () under a tuner preset (), where each of the plurality of radio stations is stored as a record () in one of the plurality of memory locations assigned to the tuner preset. The record can include a radio station frequency () and a geographic position () of the radio at a time that the record is stored. In response to subsequent selection of the tuner preset (), a radio station is selected from the plurality of radio stations stored under the tuner preset and includes identifying the record having the geographic position that is closest to a geographic position () of the radio at a time that the tuner preset is selected and tuning the radio to the radio station frequency () of the identified record.