Patent · US Expired

Method for the tuning of a broadcast radio receiver using RDS information

US5475874A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 25, 1994
Grant dateDec 12, 1995
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Expiry dateMay 25, 2014

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04H2201/13
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

For the tuning of a broadcast radio receiver to a transmitter of a certain type of program using RDS information firstly the broadcast radio receiver is tuned to any convenient transmitter, which is transmitting a program, which is in accordance with the wishes of the listener. The PTY information retrieved from the RDS data of such transmitter is stored by operation of an associated control element in order to set a filter, whose filter condition is the agreement with such PTY information. For the following tuning of the broadcast radio receiver to another transmitter, as for example by means of a search sweep, such transmitter is only considered to be suitable for reception if it fulfills the filter condition.

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