RF receiver and method for region specific data selection

摘要

A digital RF receiver and method for providing regional data to a user acquired from a large geographic data broadcast. The RF receiver receives an RF signal containing a stream of broadcast data. The stream of broadcast data includes primary data and more geographically limited regional data. The receiver includes a device for selecting a user specific region, and a decoder for acquiring the regional data. The receiver further includes a data processor for processing the regional data and the selected user specific region to obtain regional data designated for the user specific region, and an output for outputting the regional data pertaining to the selected user specific region.