IN-VEHICLE ENTERTAINMENT METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXECUTING THE SAME
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1. An in-vehicle entertainment method, comprising:
- playing through an in-vehicle audio component a received program content broadcast from a remote location;
receiving, during the playing of the received program content, a user input selecting an identifier, wherein the selected identifier is associated with an electronic device remote from the vehicle; and
transmitting, from the vehicle to the electronic device during the playing of the received program content, an alert identifying the received program content, a channel from which the received program content is playing, or combinations thereof.
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Abstract
An in-vehicle entertainment method includes playing through an in-vehicle audio component a received program content broadcast from a remote location; and receiving, during the playing of the received program content, a user input selecting an identifier. The selected identifier is associated with an electronic device remote from the vehicle. The method further includes transmitting, from the vehicle to the electronic device during the playing of the received program content, an alert identifying the received program content, a channel from which the received program content is playing, or combinations thereof.
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21 Claims
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1. An in-vehicle entertainment method, comprising:
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playing through an in-vehicle audio component a received program content broadcast from a remote location; receiving, during the playing of the received program content, a user input selecting an identifier, wherein the selected identifier is associated with an electronic device remote from the vehicle; and transmitting, from the vehicle to the electronic device during the playing of the received program content, an alert identifying the received program content, a channel from which the received program content is playing, or combinations thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A system for executing an in-vehicle entertainment method, the system comprising:
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an in-vehicle system configured to receive and store an identifier; an other in-vehicle system configured to display the identifier to an in-vehicle user such that the user may select the identifier as a received program content is played through an in-vehicle audio component; a central computer system in operative communication with the vehicle, and configured to receive from the vehicle an alert indicating the selected identifier and the received program content, a channel from which the received program content is received, or combinations thereof; and an electronic device located remote from the vehicle and associated with the selected identifier, the electronic device configured to receive, from the central computer system, the alert. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. An in-vehicle entertainment method, comprising:
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transmitting a list of identifiers from an Internet-enabled program to the vehicle; playing through an in-vehicle audio component a received program content broadcast from a remote location; receiving, during the playing of the received program content, a user input selecting an identifier from the list of identifiers stored in the vehicle, wherein the selected identifier is associated with an electronic device remote from the vehicle; transmitting, from the vehicle to a centralized computer system, an alert identifying the selected identifier, the received program content, and a radio channel from which the received program content is received; and routing the alert to the electronic device.
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