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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9306688
SERIAL NO

14177795

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A radio tuning method for a vehicle includes sensing that the vehicle is traveling out of a first broadcast range of a first radio station that a radio of the vehicle is currently tuned to. The first radio station broadcasts first content. A second radio station is identified having a second broadcast range that the vehicle will be in when the vehicle is no longer in the first broadcast range. The identifying includes determining that the second radio station broadcasts second content that is substantially similar to the first content broadcasted by the first radio station. A user of the vehicle is provided with an option to switch tuning of the radio from the first radio station to the second radio station.

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PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS COMPANY OF AMERICA DIVISION OF PANASONIC CORPORATION OF NORTH AMERICA776 HWY 74 SOUTH PEACHTREE CITY GA 30269

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hightower, Alan Austell, US 6 6
Williams, Eric Atlanta, US 118 6180

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