Method and system for customized music delivery

• US 20060040609A1
• Filed: 08/23/2004
• Published: 02/23/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: General Motors LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: General Motors Corporation (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Petschke, Julianne, Kogowski, Patty Valerio
• Granted Patent: US 7,362,999 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/3.20
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 20/74 of satellite networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/06 Arrangements for scheduling broadcast services or broadcast-related services
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/27 Arrangements for recording or accumulating broadcast information or broadcast-related information

Abstract

A system and method for customized music delivery to a vehicle including determining a playlist 200, storing the playlist on a server 202, selecting content corresponding to the playlist 204, transmitting the content to the vehicle by satellite 206, and storing the content in a telematics unit 208.

Claims

1. A method for customized music delivery to a vehicle, the method comprising:

determining a playlist 200;

storing the playlist on a server 202;

selecting content corresponding to the playlist 204;

transmitting the content to the vehicle by satellite 206; and

storing the content in a telematics unit 208.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining play control parameters for the content;

storing the play control parameters on the server;

transmitting the play control parameters to the vehicle by satellite; and

storing the play control parameters in the telematics unit.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the play control parameters are selected from the group consisting of play order, play frequency, volume, and sound profile.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising playing the content responsive to the play control parameters.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising:

determining associated content information for the content;

storing the associated content information on the server;

transmitting the associated content information to the vehicle by satellite; and

storing the associated content information in the telematics unit.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the associated content information is selected from the group consisting of song running time, artist name, album name, artist label, and music genre.

7. The method of claim 5 further comprising displaying the associated content information when playing the content.

8. The method of claim 1 further comprising revising the playlist stored on the server to generate a revised playlist.

9. The method of claim 8 further comprising

comparing the revised playlist to a previous playlist;

and

transmitting new content to the vehicle by the satellite when the revised playlist is not the same as the previous playlist.

10. The method of claim 8 wherein the revising the playlist stored on the server comprises revising the playlist by an action selected from the group consisting of changing the playlist on a computer, actuating buttons on the telematics unit, actuating a remote selector, responding to an email reminder, applying personal preferences, and applying community preferences.

11. The method of claim 1 further comprising measuring revisions to the playlist.

12. The method of claim 1 further comprising compressing the content.

13. The method of claim 1 further comprising measuring the content transmitted.

14. A system for delivering customized music to a vehicle, the system comprising:

means for determining a playlist;

means for storing the playlist on a server;

means for selecting content corresponding to the playlist;

means for transmitting the content to the vehicle by satellite; and

means for storing the content in a telematics unit.

15. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

means for determining play control parameters for the content;

means for storing the play control parameters on the server;

means for transmitting the play control parameters to the vehicle by satellite; and

means for storing the play control parameters in the telematics unit.

16. The system of claim 14 further comprising:

means for determining associated content information for the content;

means for storing the associated content information on the server;

means for transmitting the associated content information to the vehicle by satellite; and

means for storing the associated content information in the telematics unit.

17. The system of claim 14 further comprising means for revising the playlist stored on the server to generate a revised playlist.

18. The system of claim 14 further comprising means for measuring revisions to the playlist.

19. The system of claim 14 further comprising measuring the content transmitted.

20. A computer readable medium for delivering customized music to a vehicle, the computer readable medium comprising:

computer readable code for determining a playlist;

computer readable code for storing the playlist on a server;

computer readable code for selecting content corresponding to the playlist;

computer readable code for transmitting the content to the vehicle by satellite; and

computer readable code for storing the content in a telematics unit.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20 further comprising:

computer readable code for determining play control parameters for the content;

computer readable code for storing the play control parameters on the server;

computer readable code for transmitting the play control parameters to the vehicle by satellite; and

computer readable code for storing the play control parameters in the telematics unit.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 20 further comprising:

computer readable code for determining associated content information for the content;

computer readable code for storing the associated content information on the server;

computer readable code for transmitting the associated content information to the vehicle by satellite; and

computer readable code for storing the associated content information in the telematics unit

23. The computer readable medium of claim 20 further comprising computer readable code for revising the playlist stored on the server to generate a revised playlist.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 20 further comprising computer readable code for measuring revisions to the playlist.

25. The computer readable medium of claim 20 further comprising computer readable code for measuring the content transmitted.