iPod to get built-in iTrip?

Iria · Jan 11, 2006, 03:11 AM

Listening to an iPod over a car stereo may be easier in the future, judging by an invention Apple Computer is trying to patent.

Apple's patent application (No. 20050286481), which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made public recently, describes "a method, apparatus, and system" that wirelessly plays iPod audio files over an FM radio receiver, such as a car radio.

The invention, described as a "method for data transmission utilizing a portable multimedia device," also taps an FM radio technology known as the Radio Data System (RDS) to wirelessly transmit data, such as artist and song title, to a receiver.
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Jan 11, 2006, 03:11 AM	#1
Iria DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 7,275 Rep Power: 89	iPod to get built-in iTrip? Listening to an iPod over a car stereo may be easier in the future, judging by an invention Apple Computer is trying to patent. Apple's patent application (No. 20050286481), which the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office made public recently, describes "a method, apparatus, and system" that wirelessly plays iPod audio files over an FM radio receiver, such as a car radio. The invention, described as a "method for data transmission utilizing a portable multimedia device," also taps an FM radio technology known as the Radio Data System (RDS) to wirelessly transmit data, such as artist and song title, to a receiver. ____________ Read More / Source: News.com