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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 04, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 08, 2009
Applicants:
Mark O. Neal, Rochester, MI (US);
Robert P. Roesser, Southfield, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark O. Neal, Rochester, MI (US);
Robert P. Roesser, Southfield, MI (US);
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04H 40/00 (2008.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system and method for limiting the amount of satellite radio digital bandwidth used by allowing a vehicle to record and store songs broadcast by the satellite and then play the songs from the vehicle the next times the songs are to be broadcast. When a song is selected to be broadcast, the method determines whether a certain percentage of vehicles will have the song recorded on the vehicle, and if so, will broadcast a song code identifying the song to allow the vehicle to play the recorded song.