Method and apparatus for wireless synchronization between host media center and remote vehicular devices

• US 20090275285A1
• Filed: 01/07/2009
• Published: 11/05/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 05/01/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Zoran Maricevic
• Original Assignee: Zoran Maricevic
• Inventors: Maricevic, Jelica, Maricevic, Zoran
• Application Number:
  US12/349,629
• Publication Number:
  US 20090275285A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.300
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 56/001 Synchronization between nodes

Abstract

A system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center may include wireless communication logic, digital content storage logic, and logic to operate the wireless communication logic to communicate digital content to or from the host media center upon obtaining proximity either with a wireless residential gateway or with a third-party wireless gateway.

Claims

1. A system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center comprising:

wireless communication logic;

digital content storage logic; and

logic to operate the wireless communication logic to communicate digital content to or from the host media center upon obtaining proximity either with a wireless residential gateway or with a third-party wireless gateway.

2. The system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center of claim 1, wherein the logic to operate the wireless communication logic to communicate digital content to or from the host media center further comprises:

logic to operate the wireless communication logic only if there is sufficient vehicle battery power to communicate the digital content.

3. The system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center of claim 2, wherein the logic to operate the wireless communication logic only if there is sufficient vehicle battery power to communicate the digital content further comprises:

logic to initiate wireless communication with the host media center only if there is sufficient vehicle battery power.

4. The system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center of claim 2, wherein the logic to operate the wireless communication logic only if there is sufficient vehicle battery power to communicate the digital content further comprises:

logic to terminate communication of the digital content if the vehicle battery power falls below a sufficient level.

5. The system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to determine if adequate safety conditions exist to render video content on front displays of the vehicle.

6. The system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center of claim 5, wherein the logic to determine if adequate safety conditions exist to render video content on front displays of the vehicle further comprises:

logic to disable video display on front displays but not displays that are not in the front when the vehicle is in motion.

7. The system to communicate content between a vehicle and the host media center of claim 1, further comprising:

logic to request and-or provide content that is specific to a vehicle location, time of day, day of week, holiday, or event.