APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DISTRIBUTING MEDIA CONTENT TO VEHICLES
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1. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer instructions to:
- determine a location of a vehicle;
reconfigure a master-slave relationship between one or more servers and a gateway based on the location, the one or more servers and the gateway being remote from the vehicle and remote from each other, the gateway being associated with the vehicle;
access stored user preferences associated with a media device of the vehicle;
obtain media content;
adjust a format of the media content based on the stored user preferences; and
download the media content to the vehicle media device from a point in the media content where the gateway previously stopped downloading the media content to the vehicle media device.
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Abstract
A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a server having a controller to wirelessly download media content to a media device of a vehicle from a point in the media content where a gateway previously stopped downloading the media content to the vehicle media device, where the server is in a reconfigurable master-slave relationship with the gateway, where the server and the gateway are remote from each other and remote from the vehicle, and where the gateway is associated with the vehicle. Other embodiments are disclosed.
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25 Claims
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1. A computer-readable storage medium comprising computer instructions to:
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determine a location of a vehicle; reconfigure a master-slave relationship between one or more servers and a gateway based on the location, the one or more servers and the gateway being remote from the vehicle and remote from each other, the gateway being associated with the vehicle; access stored user preferences associated with a media device of the vehicle; obtain media content; adjust a format of the media content based on the stored user preferences; and download the media content to the vehicle media device from a point in the media content where the gateway previously stopped downloading the media content to the vehicle media device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A server comprising a controller to:
wirelessly download media content to a media device of a vehicle from a point in the media content where a gateway previously stopped downloading the media content to the vehicle media device, wherein the server is in a reconfigurable master-slave relationship with the gateway, the server and the gateway being remote from each other and remote from the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A network element comprising a controller adapted to:
wirelessly download media content to a media device of a vehicle from a point in the media content where a wireless access point previously stopped downloading the media content to the vehicle media device, wherein the network element is in a reconfigurable master-slave relationship with the wireless access point, the wireless access point and the network element being remote from each other and remote from the vehicle, the network element being associated with the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18)
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19. A media device of a vehicle, the media device having a controller to:
wirelessly receive media content from one of a server and a gateway from a point in the media content where the other of the server and the gateway previously stopped downloading the media content to the vehicle media device, the server and the gateway being remote from each other and remote from the vehicle, the gateway being associated with the vehicle, the received media content having a format previously adjusted by at least one of the server and the gateway based on stored user information associated with the vehicle media device. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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21. A method, comprising:
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accessing stored user preferences associated with a media device of a vehicle; obtaining media content; adjusting a format of the media content based on the stored user preferences; and from one of a gateway and a server downloading the media content to the vehicle media device from a point in the media content where the other of the gateway and the server previously stopped downloading the media content to the vehicle media device, the server and the gateway being remote from the vehicle and remote from each other, the gateway being associated with the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25)
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