Vehicle for recording and reproducing digital data

• US 20080253582A1
• Filed: 06/13/2008
• Published: 10/16/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Marvell Asia Pte Limited (Marvell Technology Group Limited)
• Original Assignee: Eric Janofsky, Hedley Rainnie, Peter Loc, Sehat Sutardja
• Inventors: Rainnie, Hedley, Sutardja, Sehat, Loc, Peter, Janofsky, Eric
• Granted Patent: US 8,145,332 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 381/86
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier

Abstract

An apparatus includes a vehicle and a media player/recorder physically connected with the vehicle. The media player/recorder includes a wireless receiver to receive a signal representing media data, a storage device to store the media data, a storage controller to retrieve the media data from the storage device, and an output circuit to output the media data. The storage device stores a list of identifiers of desired media selections. The wireless receiver receives a signal representing an identifier of an offered media selection. The storage device stores the offered media selection when the identifier of the offered media selection corresponds to the identifier of one of the desired media selections.

Claims

1. An apparatus comprising:

a vehicle; and

a media player/recorder physically connected with the vehicle, the media player/recorder comprising;

a wireless receiver to receive a signal representing media data;

a storage device to store the media data;

a storage controller to retrieve the media data from the storage device; and

an output circuit to output the media data;

wherein the storage device stores a list of identifiers of desired media selections, wherein the wireless receiver receives a signal representing an identifier of an offered media selection, and wherein the storage device stores the offered media selection when the identifier of the offered media selection corresponds to the identifier of one of the desired media selections.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a read channel responsive to the storage controller to read data from the storage device.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a memory to store the media data retrieved by the storage controller.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein the storage controller is implemented by a processor.

5. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a wireless transmitter to transmit the media data.

6. The apparatus of claim 4 further comprising a wireless transmitter that transmits the media data while the output circuit outputs the media data from the processor.

7. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a wireless transmitter to transmit a signal representing the identifiers of the desired media selections.

8. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising a digital camera having an image sensor, wherein the storage controller stores the image data on the storage device.

9. The apparatus of claim 8 further comprising a display, wherein the storage controller retrieves the image data from the storage device, and wherein the media player/recorder sends a signal representing the image data to the display.

10. The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the digital camera is a digital motion picture camera and the image data represents a motion picture.

11. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an interface to receive a signal representing biometric data, wherein the storage device stores the biometric data.

12. The apparatus of claim 11 wherein the interface transmits a signal representing the biometric data stored on the storage device.

13. The apparatus of claim 1 further comprising an interface to receive a signal representing vehicle diagnostic data, wherein the storage device stores the vehicle diagnostic data.

14. The apparatus of claim 13 wherein the interface transmits a signal representing the vehicle diagnostic data stored on the storage device.

15. An apparatus comprising:

a vehicle;

a media player/recorder physically connected with the vehicle, the media player/recorder comprising;

a wireless receiver to receive a signal representing media data;

a storage device to store the media data;

a storage controller to retrieve the media data from the storage device; and

an output circuit to output the media data; and

a wireless transmitter,

wherein the storage device stores a list of identifiers of shared media selections stored on the storage device, wherein the wireless receiver receives a signal representing a request for a sought media selection, wherein the request includes an identifier of the sought media selection, and wherein the wireless transmitter transmits one of the shared media selections when the identifier of the sought media selection corresponds to the identifier of the one of the shared media selections.

16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the wireless transmitter transmits a signal representing the identifiers of the shared media selections.

17. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising an interface to receive a signal representing biometric data, wherein the storage device stores the biometric data.

18. The apparatus of claim 17 wherein the interface transmits a signal representing the biometric data stored on the storage device.

19. The apparatus of claim 15 further comprising an interface to receive a signal representing vehicle diagnostic data, wherein the storage device stores the vehicle diagnostic data.

20. The apparatus of claim 19 wherein the interface transmits a signal representing the vehicle diagnostic data stored on the storage device.

21. An apparatus comprising:

a vehicle; and

a media player/recorder physically connected with the vehicle, the media player/recorder comprising;

a wireless receiver to receive a signal representing media data;

a storage device to store the media data;

a storage controller to retrieve the media data from the storage device; and

an output circuit to output the media data; and

a display unit, wherein the storage device stores a list of desired items of interest, wherein the wireless receiver receives a signal representing an offered item of interest, and wherein the display unit indicates a match when the offered item of interest corresponds to one of the desired items of interest.

22. The apparatus of claim 21 further comprising a directional antenna to determine a direction to a transmitter of the signal representing the offered item of interest, wherein the display unit displays the direction.

23. The apparatus of claim 22 further comprising a wireless transmitter to transmit contact information to the transmitter of the signal representing the offered item of interest.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the wireless transmitter transmits a signal representing the desired items of interest.