Method for displaying other stations now playing list
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorSivanand Jothy
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Abstract
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.
Claims17
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;
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- switching the first radio receiver to receive the second program.
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;
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- a processor configured to control the first radio receiver to switch to receive the second program.
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;
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- switch the first radio receiver to receive the second program.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.