I don't think the author actually bothered to read the patent. It's explicitly mentioned that the user receives the media stream e.g. radio or internet audio a

I don't think the author actually bothered to read the patent. It's explicitly mentioned that the user receives the media stream e.g. radio or internet audio and then switches to a local media stream. The company he listed, Absolute Radio is doing the sending not receiving. So the patent doesn't even apply. That said why on earth would Apple be at all interested in suing radio stations. It's completely and utterly illogical given how much they rely on content providers.