Apparatus for navigation of multimedia content in a vehicle multimedia system

• US 20060010167A1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Published: 01/12/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Riley, Robert M. Jr., Grace, James R.
• Application Number:
  US11/172,381
• Publication Number:
  US 20060010167A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1095 Replication or mirroring of data, e.g. scheduling or transport for data synchronisation between network nodes

Abstract

Apparatus are provided for navigation of multimedia content in a vehicle multimedia system having an embedded database of multimedia files. A navigation interface for controlling playback of the multimedia files and includes a processing unit, an input unit coupled to the processing unit, and a display coupled to the processing unit. The processing unit is configured to couple with the embedded database, determine a playback frequency for each of the multimedia files, and generate a playlist of multimedia files based on the playback frequency. The input unit is configured to initiate playback of the playlist. The display is configured to display the playlist.

Claims

1. In a vehicle multimedia system having an embedded database of multimedia files, a navigation interface for controlling playback of the multimedia files, the navigation interface comprising:

a processing unit configured to;

couple with the embedded database;

determine a playback frequency for each of the multimedia files; and

generate a playlist of multimedia files based on said playback frequency;

an input unit coupled to said processing unit and configured to initiate playback of said playlist of multimedia files; and

a display coupled to said processing unit and configured to display said playlist of multimedia files.

2. A navigation interface according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is configured to sequentially select a multimedia file from the embedded database for playback based on said playlist of multimedia files;

and

wherein said display is configured to display said multimedia file selected by said processing unit for playback.

3. A navigation interface according to claim 1, wherein said processing unit is further configured to:

sequentially select a multimedia file from the embedded database for playback based on said playlist of multimedia files; and

generate a symbol on said display, said symbol configured to indicate said multimedia file selected by said processing unit for playback in said playlist of multimedia files displayed by said display.

4. A navigation interface according to claim 2, wherein said input unit further comprises a controller configured to scroll through said playlist of multimedia files and further configured to select a multimedia file from said playlist of multimedia files for playback.

5. A navigation interface according to claim 4, wherein said processing unit is further configured to detect said multimedia file selected by said controller for playback;

and

wherein said display is further configured to display said multimedia file selected by said controller for playback.

6. In a vehicle multimedia system having an embedded database of multimedia files, a navigation interface for controlling playback of the multimedia files, the navigation interface comprising:

an input unit configured to select a category of multimedia content;

a processing unit coupled to said input unit and configured to;

detect a selected category of multimedia content;

couple with the embedded database; and

generate a playlist of multimedia files from the embedded database based on said selected category of multimedia content, said input unit further configured to initiate playback of said playlist of multimedia files; and

a display coupled to said processing unit and configured to display said playlist of multimedia files and said selected category of multimedia content.

7. A navigation interface according to claim 6, wherein said processing unit is further configured to generate at least one category of multimedia content on said display.

8. A navigation interface according to claim 7, wherein said at least one category is selected from a genre, an artist, and an album.

9. A navigation interface according to claim 7, wherein said processing unit is further configured to:

generate at least one subcategory of multimedia content on said display for said at least one category of multimedia content; and

generate said playlist based on said at least one subcategory of multimedia content.

10. A navigation interface according to claim 6, wherein said processing unit is configured to sequentially select a multimedia file from the embedded database for playback based on said playlist of multimedia files;

and

wherein said display is configured to display said multimedia file selected by said processing unit for playback.

11. A navigation interface according to claim 6, wherein said input unit further comprises a controller configured to scroll through said playlist of multimedia files and further configured to select a multimedia file from said playlist of multimedia files for playback.

12. A navigation interface according to claim 11, wherein said processing unit is further configured to detect said multimedia file selected by said controller for playback;

and

wherein said display is further configured to display said multimedia file selected by said controller for playback.

13. A vehicle multimedia system comprising:

a database of multimedia files;

an input unit configured to select a category of multimedia content;

a processing unit coupled to said input unit and said database, said processing unit configured to;

generate at least one category of multimedia content;

detect a selected category of multimedia content; and

select a group of multimedia files for playback from said database of multimedia files based on said selected category of multimedia content; and

a display coupled to said processing unit and configured to display said at least one category of multimedia content and said selected category of multimedia content.

14. A vehicle multimedia system according to claim 13, wherein said processing unit is further configured to generate a continuum between a first mood and a second mood;

and

wherein said display is further configured to display said first mood, said second mood, and said continuum between said first mood and said second mood.

15. A vehicle multimedia system according to claim 14, wherein said first mood has a first mood weight, said second mood has a second mood weight, and each of the multimedia files of said database has a mood weight;

and

wherein said processing unit is further configured to;

select said group of multimedia files having mood weights between said first mood weight and said second mood weight from said database of multimedia files; and

sort said group of multimedia files into said continuum from said first mood weight to said second mood weight.

16. A vehicle multimedia system according to claim 15, wherein each of the multimedia files of said group of multimedia files has an artist and a genre;

and wherein said mood weight of each of said multimedia files of said group of multimedia files is based on at least one of said artist and said genre.

17. A vehicle multimedia system according to claim 15, wherein said input unit further comprises a controller configured to assign a mood weight to a multimedia file in said database of multimedia files.

18. A vehicle multimedia system according to claim 14, wherein said input unit further comprises a controller configured to scroll through said continuum between said first mood and said second mood and further configured to select a position in said continuum for playback.

19. A vehicle multimedia system according to claim 18, wherein said processing unit is further configured to select a multimedia file from said group of multimedia files for playback based on said position selected by said controller;

and

wherein said display is further configured to display said multimedia file selected by said processing unit for playback.

20. A vehicle multimedia system according to claim 13, wherein said database is an embedded database.