FM multiplex broadcasting and receiving system

An FM multiplex receiving apparatus for receiving an FM multiplex broadcast signal, the FM multiplex broadcast signal including an audio signal and a first additional information data signal multiplexed with the audio signal, the FM multiplex receiving apparatus comprising:

• control means for controlling the FM multiplex receiving apparatus;
• tuning means for receiving the FM multiplex broadcast signal and scanning for available broadcast stations according to a scanning order provided by the control
• frequency demodulating means for frequency demodulating the FM multiplex broadcast signal, the frequency demodulating means separating and providing the audio signal and the first additional information data signal, the first additional information data signal including broadcast station name data;
• displaying means for displaying the first additional information data signal;
• reproducing means for reproducing, from a recording medium of the FM multiplex receiving apparatus, a second additional information data signal contained in the recording medium;
• display selecting means for selecting one of the first additional information data signal from the frequency demodulating means and the second additional information data signal from the reproducing means and providing one of the first additional information data signal and the second additional information data signal to the displaying means;
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• memory means for storing the broadcast stations name data tuned during scanning, the control means controlling the display means to display the broadcast station name data stored in the memory means.

An FM multiplex receiving apparatus for receiving an FM multiplex broadcast signal, the FM multiplex broadcast signal including an audio signal and a first additional information data signal multiplexed with the audio signal, the FM multiplex receiving apparatus comprising;

• frequency demodulating means for frequency demodulating the FM multiplex broadcast signal, the frequency demodulating means separating and providing the audio signal and the first additional information data signal, the first additional information data signal including a control data that designates a start portion of a selected program;
• displaying means for displaying the first additional information data signal;
• reproducing means for reproducing, from a recording medium of the FM multiplex receiving apparatus, the second additional information data signal contained in the recording medium;
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• displaying selecting means for selecting and providing to the displaying means one of the first additional information data signal from the frequency demodulating means and the second additional information data signal from the reproducing means;
• recording means for recording the audio signal from the frequency demodulating means;
• control data extracting means for the extracting control data from the first additional information data signal;
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• control means for controlling the recording means in accordance with the control data.

An FM multiplex broadcasting apparatus wherein a carrier signal being frequency modulated by a first audio signal and an additional information data is broadcast, the FM multiplex broadcasting apparatus comprising:

• first reproducing means for reproducing, from a recording medium, the first audio signal and a character data associated with the first audio signal as the additional information data;
• multiplex means for multiplexing the first audio signal and the additional information data to provide a multiplex signal;
• frequency modulation means for frequency modulating the carrier signal with the multiplex signal;
• second reproducing means for reproducing a second audio signal;
• database means for storing and retrieving second character data associated with the second audio signal;
• control means for controlling the first reproducing means and the second reproducing means and selecting one of the second audio signal from the second reproducing means and the first audio signal from the first reproducing means, the control means further selecting one of the second character data from the database means and the character data from the first reproducing means;
• control data providing means for providing a control data designating a starting portion of a selected program in accordance with the control means;
• wherein the multiplex means multiplexes the control data from the control data providing means with the first audio signal and the character data, and the control means selects the second character data from the database means when the control means selects the second audio signal from the second reproducing means, and selecting the character data from the first reproducing means when the control means selects the first audio signal from the first reproducing means.