Entertainment systems and methods
First Claim
1. An automobile entertainment system configured to be used in an automobile, the automobile entertainment system comprising an in-vehicle system that is configured to:
- a. perform wireless communication with a user'"'"'s mobile telephone;
b. connect to a telephone service by being connected to the user'"'"'s mobile telephone;
c. allow the user to use an input device of the automobile entertainment system to control the automobile entertainment system including to select to play or control the play of received audio content, wherein the received audio content is stored in a virtual station that the user can select to listen to the received audio content as the audio content is received while the automobile is mobile, and allow the user to skip forward or backwards the received audio content from the in-vehicle system or mobile telephone;
d. control functions of the user'"'"'s mobile telephone;
e. communicate with the mobile telephone to receive digital music stored on the user'"'"'s mobile telephone or received by the user'"'"'s mobile telephone, and output the audio of the digital music to speakers in a sound system of the automobile;
f. allow the input device of the automobile entertainment system to dial a telephone number;
g. receive audio including individual audio content items, determine which individual audio content items to play based at least partly on a user preference, and output the determined individual audio content items to the speakers in the sound system of the automobile, wherein the step of determining includes determining the user'"'"'s preference for an audio content item while the audio content item is being played by the in-vehicle system and determining, based on the determined preference, a next audio content item to be played immediately after a current audio content item; and
h. communicate with the user'"'"'s mobile telephone to receive audio from a party on the other end of a telephone call and output the received audio to the speakers in the sound system of the automobile.
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Abstract
A method, device, system, and media are directed to controlling a multi-tuner radio. A voice command may be received and/or filtered. An operation of the radio may be modified based on the voice command. A gesture input may be received through a gesture pad. Another operation of the multi-tuner radio may be modified based on the received gesture input. A fingerprint may be recognized with a gesture pad. A user may be authenticated based on the recognized fingerprint. The operation or the other operation may be personalized based on the fingerprint. User training may be provided for the gesture input.
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42 Claims
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1. An automobile entertainment system configured to be used in an automobile, the automobile entertainment system comprising an in-vehicle system that is configured to:
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a. perform wireless communication with a user'"'"'s mobile telephone; b. connect to a telephone service by being connected to the user'"'"'s mobile telephone; c. allow the user to use an input device of the automobile entertainment system to control the automobile entertainment system including to select to play or control the play of received audio content, wherein the received audio content is stored in a virtual station that the user can select to listen to the received audio content as the audio content is received while the automobile is mobile, and allow the user to skip forward or backwards the received audio content from the in-vehicle system or mobile telephone; d. control functions of the user'"'"'s mobile telephone; e. communicate with the mobile telephone to receive digital music stored on the user'"'"'s mobile telephone or received by the user'"'"'s mobile telephone, and output the audio of the digital music to speakers in a sound system of the automobile; f. allow the input device of the automobile entertainment system to dial a telephone number; g. receive audio including individual audio content items, determine which individual audio content items to play based at least partly on a user preference, and output the determined individual audio content items to the speakers in the sound system of the automobile, wherein the step of determining includes determining the user'"'"'s preference for an audio content item while the audio content item is being played by the in-vehicle system and determining, based on the determined preference, a next audio content item to be played immediately after a current audio content item; and h. communicate with the user'"'"'s mobile telephone to receive audio from a party on the other end of a telephone call and output the received audio to the speakers in the sound system of the automobile. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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17. An automobile entertainment system comprising an in-vehicle system that is configured to:
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a. perform wireless communication with a user'"'"'s mobile telephone; b. connect to a telephone service by being connected to the user'"'"'s mobile telephone; c. allow the user to use an input device of the automobile entertainment system to control the automobile entertainment system including to select to play or control the play of received audio content, wherein the received audio content is stored in a virtual station that the user can select to listen while the automobile is mobile, and allow the user to skip forward or backwards the received audio content from the in-vehicle system or mobile telephone; d. control functions of the user'"'"'s mobile telephone; e. communicate with the mobile telephone to receive digital music stored on the user'"'"'s mobile telephone or received by the user'"'"'s mobile telephone, and output the audio of the digital music to speakers in a sound system of an automobile; f. allow the input device of the automobile entertainment system to dial a telephone number; and g. receive audio including individual audio content items, determine which individual audio content items to play based at least partly on a user preference, and output the determined individual audio content items to the speakers in the sound system of the automobile, wherein the step of determining includes determining the user'"'"'s preference for an audio content item while the audio content item is being played by the in-vehicle system and determining, based on the determined preference, a next audio content item to be played immediately after a current audio content item. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
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24. An automobile entertainment system, the automobile entertainment system comprising an in-vehicle system that is configured to:
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a. receive a plurality of individual digital audio content items received on a mobile telephone using the Internet; b. convert the received digital audio content items to analog; c. output the converted audio content items to a speaker of the automobile; d. play back the converted audio content items as if the in-vehicle system were a radio station; e. determine a user'"'"'s preference for an audio content item while the audio content item is being played by the in-vehicle system; f. determine, based on the determined preference, a next audio content item to be played immediately after a current audio content item; and g. allow the user to use an input device of the automobile entertainment system to control the automobile entertainment system including to select to play or control the play of the converted audio content items, wherein the converted audio content items are stored in a virtual station that the user can select to listen while the automobile is mobile, and allow the user to skip forward or backwards a converted audio content item from the in-vehicle system or mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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