Electronic device for processing multiple rate wireless information

An electronic device comprising memory and a receiver for receiving wireless information having first address data and first message data, said electronic device further comprising:

• a rate adjuster for setting a decoding rate to be an address rate;
• a decoder connected to said receiver and to said rate adjuster for reading said first address data at said address rate;
• a match detector connected to said decoder and to said memory for determining that said first address data matches a first address of said electronic device, said first address associated with lengthy information broadcast to a wide variety of users;
• said rate adjuster adjusting said decoding rate to a first message rate corresponding to said first address, said first message rate being slower than said address rate;
• and
• said decoder reading said first message data at said first message rate.

A method in an electronic device for processing wireless information having first address data and first message data, wherein said information is formatted into a plurality of batches, each of said plurality of batches further comprising a plurality of frames, wherein a first batch contains a first plurality of frames, and wherein said first address data and said first message data are contained in a first frame of said first plurality of frames, said method comprising the steps of:

• receiving said wireless information;
• setting a decoding rate to be an address rate;
• reading said first address data at said address rate;
• determining that said first address data matches a first address of said electronic device;
• adjusting said decoding rate to a first message rate corresponding to said first address, said first message rate being different than said address rate;
• reading said first message data at said first message rate;
• reading a second frame in said plurality of frames;
• determining said second frame contains second address data;
• reading said second address data at said address rate;
• determining that said second address data does not match an address of said electronic device;
• ignoring said second message data in said second frame;
• waiting a predetermined time for a third frame in said first plurality of frames;
• determining that said third frame contains third address data;
• reading said third address data at said address rate;
• determining that said third address data matches a third address of said electronic device;
• reading said third message data at a third message rate, said third message rate corresponding to said third address;
• detecting the end of said first batch;
• detecting the beginning of a second batch having a second plurality of frames;
• reading a first frame in said second plurality of frames;
• determining said first frame in said second plurality of frames contains continued third message data;
• and
• reading said first frame of said second plurality of frames at said third message rate.