System and method for providing radio content to a vehicle using an enhanced AM radio access system

A method for providing radio content to a vehicle, comprising:

• obtaining, by a vehicle infotainment system at a vehicle, an input identifying a desired radio station broadcasting in an amplitude modulation (AM) radio frequency band;
• transmitting, by a vehicle communication system of the vehicle, a radio content request requesting radio content from the desired radio station, wherein the vehicle communication system includes at least one tuner, wherein the at least one tuner is unresponsive to the AM radio frequency band;
• obtaining, by a vehicle entertainment support server remote from the vehicle, the radio content request;
• receiving, by the vehicle entertainment support server, a plurality of available radio content from a plurality of sources, wherein the plurality of radio content is originally broadcasted in the AM radio frequency band by a plurality of transmitting radio stations;
• storing, by the vehicle entertainment support server, the plurality of available radio content in one or more staging memories, wherein the vehicle entertainment support server includes the one or more staging memories;
• transmitting, by the vehicle entertainment support server, an identified available radio content in response to the desired radio station being one of the plurality of transmitting radio stations, the identified available radio content being associated with the desired radio station;
• and
• playing, by the vehicle infotainment system, the identified radio content received from the vehicle entertainment support server using one or more speakers of the vehicle.

A system for providing radio content to a vehicle, comprising:

• a vehicle system, for the vehicle, including:
• a vehicle communication system including at least one tuner, wherein each tuner is unresponsive to radio transmission provided in amplitude modulation (AM) radio frequency band and is configured to transmit a radio content request requesting radio content broadcasted from an identified radio station in the AM radio frequency band;
• and
• a vehicle infotainment system including one or more processors and a memory storing programming instructions that are configured to cause the one or more processors to obtain an input identifying a desired radio station broadcasting in the AM frequency band, wherein the identified radio station of the radio content request is the desired radio station;
• and
• a vehicle entertainment support server remote from the vehicle and including one or more staging memories, the vehicle entertainment support server being configured to:
• receive available radio content from a source, wherein the available radio content is originally broadcasted in the AM frequency band by a transmitting radio station;
• store the available radio content in a selected staging memory from among the one or more staging memories;
• obtain the radio content request from the vehicle communication system;
• and
• transmit the available radio content in the selected staging memory to the vehicle communication system of the vehicle in response to the transmitting radio station being the desired radio station provided in the radio content request, wherein:
• the instructions further cause the one or more processors of the vehicle infotainment system to play the available radio content received from the vehicle entertainment support server via one or more speakers of the vehicle.