SITUATIONAL PLAYBACK
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1. A method performed by a media asset player, comprising:
- establishing communication between the media asset player and an external device, the media asset player including a memory device arranged to store a media asset and a processor arranged to process the media asset;
identifying the external device; and
processing the media asset by the media asset player in a manner in accordance with data stored on the media asset player at the termination of a previous communication between the identified external device and the media asset player only while the communication between the media asset player and the external device remains established,wherein the data stored on the media asset player includes physical environment information related to a physical environment of the media asset player during the previous connection, and contextual environment information related to context of use of the media asset player during the previous communication.
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Abstract
Broadly speaking, the embodiments disclosed herein describe an apparatus, system, and method for processing a media asset by a media asset player in accordance with situational information related to a previous relationship between an identified external device and the media asset player. In one of the described embodiments, the identified external device is physically connected to the media asset player. In another embodiment, the identified external device is wirelessly connected to the portable communication device. In any case, the relational processing of the media asset takes place only while the media asset player is in communication with the external device.
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27 Claims
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1. A method performed by a media asset player, comprising:
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establishing communication between the media asset player and an external device, the media asset player including a memory device arranged to store a media asset and a processor arranged to process the media asset; identifying the external device; and processing the media asset by the media asset player in a manner in accordance with data stored on the media asset player at the termination of a previous communication between the identified external device and the media asset player only while the communication between the media asset player and the external device remains established, wherein the data stored on the media asset player includes physical environment information related to a physical environment of the media asset player during the previous connection, and contextual environment information related to context of use of the media asset player during the previous communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A media playback system, comprising:
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a first electronic circuit, comprising; a processor, a data store arranged to store at least a media asset, and a first connector assembly; and a second electronic circuit, comprising; a second data store arranged to store at least a second electronic circuit identification information, and a second connector assembly, wherein when the first and second connector assemblies are electrically coupled to each other, the first electronic circuit receives at least some of the second electronic circuit identification information and if it is determined by the first electronic circuit that the first electronic circuit and the second electronic circuit have been previously connected to each other, then the first electronic circuit processes the media asset in accordance with information stored in the data store that is related to a termination of the previous connection, and further wherein the information stored is situational data comprising; physical environment information related to a physical environment of the media playback system during the previous connection; and contextual environment information related to context of use of the media playback system during the previous connection. - View Dependent Claims (10, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer readable medium for storing a program executable by a processor in a media asset player, comprising:
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computer code for establishing communication between the media asset player and a docking station, the media asset player including a memory device arranged to store at least a media asset and a processor arranged to process the media asset; computer code for identifying the docking station; and computer code for processing the media asset in a manner associated with a recorded state of the media asset player at the end of a previous communication between the identified docking station and the media asset player only while the communication between the media asset player and the docking station remains established, wherein the recorded state includes information related to physical environmental conditions and context of use at the end of the previous communication. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A media asset player, comprising:
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a data store arranged to store at least a media asset; a connector assembly arranged to facilitate an establishment of a communication channel between the media asset player and another electronic circuit; and a processor, wherein when the communication channel between the media asset player and the other electronic circuit is established, the processor identifies the other electronic circuit, retrieves the media asset from the data store, processes the media asset in a manner associated with the identified other electronic circuit only while the communication channel between the media asset player and the other electronic circuit remains established, and further wherein when the communication channel between the media asset player and the other electronic circuit is disestablished, the processor records an end state of the media asset player to a location on the data store of the media asset player, the end state including information related to physical environmental conditions and context of use of the media asset player at the end of the previous communication. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25)
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26. A method performed by a media asset player, the media asset player including a memory device arranged to store at least a media asset and a processor arranged to process the media asset, comprising:
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relationally processing a media asset by the media asset player, the relational processing of the media asset in accordance with information recorded on the memory device about a termination of a previous communication between the media asset player and another electronic device, wherein the information recorded is situational data, comprising; physical environment information related to a physical environment of the media asset player during the previous connection; and contextual environment information related to context of use of the media asset player during the previous connection. - View Dependent Claims (27)
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