Method for playing multimedia files in a terminal

• US 20040264283A1
• Filed: 08/20/2004
• Published: 12/30/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: Koch, Hartwig
• Application Number:
  US10/487,686
• Publication Number:
  US 20040264283A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 365/232
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 40/18 Arrangements characterised by circuits or components specially adapted for receiving
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information

Abstract

A method for playing multimedia files in a terminal, in which audio files are played depending on the situation when managing the stored multimedia files, thus giving the user a blind management capability for the multimedia files. The multimedia and audio files are preferably received via radio signals, in particular via digital broadcasting signals.

Claims

1-10. -10. (Canceled).

11. A method for playing multimedia files in a terminal, the multimedia files being used for at least one of entertainment and information purposes, the method comprising:

using audio files to manage the multimedia files; and

playing the audio files in predefined situations when managing the multimedia files.

12. The method according to claim 11, further comprising receiving at least one of (a) the multimedia files and (b) the audio files via radio signals and then storing the at least one of (a) and (b) locally.

13. The method according to claim 11, further comprising storing the multimedia files in classified form.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprising assigning the audio files a priority and at least one of storing and deleting the audio files according to the priority.

15. The method according to claim 11, further comprising creating, by a user, at least a portion of the audio files.

16. The method according to claim 12, wherein the audio files, in part, contain advertisements.

17. The method according to claim 12, wherein the radio signals include digital broadcasting signals.

18. A terminal comprising:

a memory for storing multimedia and audio files;

an input device for managing the multimedia files;

a loudspeaker for playing the multimedia and audio files; and

a processor for decoding the multimedia and audio files and for playing the audio files depending on a situation when managing the multimedia files.

19. The terminal according to claim 18, further comprising a radio station.

20. The terminal according to claim 18, wherein the terminal is designed as a digital radio receiver.