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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2002
Applicant:
Robert Acker, Arlington, VA (US);
Inventor:
Robert Acker, Arlington, VA (US);
Assignee:
XM Satellite Radio Inc., Washington, DC (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 1/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/38 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A radio receiver and method of controlling the same are provided for use in a digital digital audio radio services system. An improved user interface takes advantage of ancillary data transmitted with a digital broadcast signal to contemporaneously display song titles, artist names, channels categories, and other information on said radio receiver, and to allow a user to select channels based on the ancillary data.