Method for displaying other stations now playing list
View Patent ↗In accordance with example embodiments of the present invention, a method and a corresponding apparatus are described comprising receiving, at a radio receiver, a broadcast program. At another radio receiver, supplementary data related to at least one other broadcast program is received, and at least a part of the received supplementary data is displayed. The radio receiver is switched to a broadcast program corresponding to a selected item of the displayed supplementary data.
1. A method comprising:
receiving, at a first radio receiver, a first program currently being broadcast;
receiving, at a second radio receiver, supplementary data describing content of a second program currently being broadcast;
receiving further supplementary date related to a remaining play time of the second program;
displaying at least a part of the received supplementary data to describe the content of the second program, wherein the supplementary data is only displayed when the remaining play time is larger than a threshold value; and
switching the first radio receiver to receive the second program.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supplementary data comprises a media title.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the supplementary data comprises at least one of a name of a program or a piece of music.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second radio receiver comprises a short range radio receiver.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first radio receiver comprises a first frequency modulation radio receiver, the second radio receiver comprises a second frequency modulation radio receiver, and wherein the supplementary data is received as data of at least one of a radio data system and a radio broadcast data system.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the second radio receiver scans for other programs currently being broadcast.
7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing a media title as a user preference based at least in part on an input on a user interface.
8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising comparing at least one item of the supplementary data to at least one user preference; and displaying the at least one item of supplementary data in a highlighted manner that matches at least one of the at least one user preference.
9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the switching occurs automatically in response to information associated with the second program matching at least one user preference.
10. An apparatus comprising:
a first radio receiver configured to receive a first program currently being broadcast;
a second radio receiver configured to receive supplementary data describing content of a second program currently being broadcast and further supplementary data related to a remaining play time of the second program;
a display configured to display at least a part of the received supplementary data to describe the content of the second program when the remaining play time is longer than a threshold value; and
a processor configured to control the first radio receiver to switch to receive the second program.
11. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising an input device, and wherein the processor is further configured to switch to the second program based on a signal from the input device.
12. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the supplementary data comprises a media title.
13. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the second radio receiver comprises a short range radio receiver.
14. The apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the first radio receiver comprises a first frequency modulation radio receiver; and wherein the second radio receiver comprises a second frequency modulation radio receiver configured to receive supplementary data as data of at least one of a radio data system and a radio broadcast data system.
15. The apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the second radio receiver is configured to scan for other programs currently being broadcast.
16. The apparatus of claim 10 , further comprising a user interface; and a memory configured to store a media title as a user preference based at least in part on an input on the user interface.
17. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus at least to:
receive, at a first radio receiver, a first program currently being broadcast;
receive, at a second radio receiver, supplementary data describing content of a second program currently being broadcast and further supplementary data related to a remaining play time of the second program;
display at least a part of the received supplementary data to describe the content of the second program in response to determining thst the remaining play time is longer than a threshold value; and
switch the first radio receiver to receive the second program.