System for remote control and use of a radio receiver

14) A multi-tuner, radio receiver-server device enabling a user to listen to radio signals comprising:

• a means to receive radio signals from a plurality of radio broadcast stations;
• a means to connect to at least one user device, via the Internet, providing access to the radio signal from anywhere via said at least one user device;
• an audio buffer manager configured to allow live and near-live streaming of the radio signals;
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• a web-based application program configured with a user interface, installed in the receiver-server device providing input/output control, to the user, of each radio station signals, and to access live and near-live streaming of the radio signals.

21) A user-location-independent system enabling access of radio signals by a user comprising:

• a multituner radio receiver-server device which receives radio signals from a plurality of radio stations;
• an audio buffer manager configured in the receiver-server device to provide live and near-live playback of the radio signals on at least one user device;
• the at least one user device, which communicates with the radio receiver-server device via the Internet, to control and monitor radio signals;
• and
• a web based application, configured on said at least one user device, comprising a user interface to control the live and near-live streaming of the radio signals on said at least one user device;
• wherein the radio receiver-server device is configured to perform as a personal server for the user.