METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZING FUNCTIONS OF MUSIC PLAYER IN SMART DEVICE AND BLUETOOTH EARPHONE

• US 20160291927A1
• Filed: 02/04/2015
• Published: 10/06/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Huizhou TCL Mobile Communication Company Limited (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: LIU, Shaohua, SUN, Yang, LI, Wei
• Granted Patent: US 9,904,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4825 using a list of items to be played back in a given order, e.g. playlists
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1041 Mechanical or electronic switches, or control elements switches in general H01H
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/1091 Details not provided for in groups H04R1/1008 - H04R1/1083
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2420/07 Applications of wireless loudspeakers or wireless microphones
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user

Abstract

A method and a system for synchronizing functions of a music player in a smart device and a Bluetooth earphone are disclosed. The method includes: transmitting a first play list to a smart device by a Bluetooth earphone; comparing the received first play list with a second play list by the smart device; receiving and transmitting a first control instruction to the smart device by the Bluetooth earphone when the first play list is consistent with the second play list; and transmitting the second play list to the Bluetooth earphone, and receiving and transmitting a second control instruction to the smart device by the Bluetooth earphone, when the first play list is inconsistent with the second play list.

Claims

1-14. -14. (canceled)

15. A method for synchronizing functions of a music player in a smart device, comprising:

receiving a user'"'"'s operating instruction, setting up a first link with the smart device, and transmitting a first play list to the smart device by a Bluetooth earphone;

comparing the first play list with a second play list in the music player of the smart device and determining whether the first play list is consistent with the second play list by the smart device; and

receiving a user'"'"'s first control instruction for the first play list and transmitting a first control instruction to the smart device by the Bluetooth earphone if the first play list is consistent with the second play list.

16. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 15, wherein before the step of receiving the user'"'"'s first control instruction for the first play list and transmitting the first control instruction to the smart device by the Bluetooth earphone, the method further comprises:

setting up a second link under a second protocol with the smart device.

17. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 16, wherein the second link is a link of an audio/video remote control profile (AVRCP) protocol.

18. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 15, further comprising:

transmitting the second play list to the Bluetooth earphone by the smart device, receiving a user'"'"'s second control instruction for the second play list, and transmitting a second control instruction to the smart device by the Bluetooth earphone if the first play list is inconsistent with the second play list.

19. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 15, wherein the step of receiving the user'"'"'s operating instruction, setting up the first link with the smart device, and transmitting the first play list to the smart device by the Bluetooth earphone specifically comprises:

encoding the first play list into first play list information by the Bluetooth earphone; and

transmitting the first play list information to the smart device Bluetooth headset.

20. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 19, wherein before the step of comparing the first play list with the second play list in the music player of the smart device and determining whether the first play list is consistent with the second play list by the smart device, the method further comprises:

decoding the first play list information to acquire the first play list by the smart device.

21. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 19, wherein after the step of receiving the user'"'"'s first control instruction for the first play list and transmitting the first control instruction to the smart device by the Bluetooth earphone, the method further comprises:

analyzing the first control instruction by the smart device.

22. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 21, wherein when the first control instruction is a play instruction, one or more songs are played.

23. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 21, wherein when the first control instruction is a sublist acquiring instruction, the smart device transmits sublists of the first play list to the Bluetooth headset.

24. The method for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 15, wherein the first link is a link of a serial port profile (SPP) protocol.

25. A system for synchronizing functions of a music player in a smart device, comprising:

a list transmitting module utilized for setting up a first link between a Bluetooth earphone and the smart device and transmitting a first play list to the smart device after the Bluetooth earphone receives a user'"'"'s operating instruction;

a comparing and controlling module utilized for comparing the first play list with a second play list in the smart device and determining whether the first play list is consistent with the second play list by the smart device after the smart device receives the first play list; and

a first instructing module utilized for transmitting a user'"'"'s first control instruction to the smart device after the Bluetooth earphone receives the first control instruction for the first play list, if the first play list is consistent with the second play list.

26. The system for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 25, further comprising:

a second instructing module utilized for transmitting a user'"'"'s second control instruction to the smart device after the Bluetooth earphone receives the second play list and receives the second control instruction for the second play list, if the first play list is inconsistent with the second play list.

27. The system for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 25, wherein the list transmitting module at least comprises:

a Bluetooth encoding unit utilized for acquiring the first play list in the Bluetooth earphone and encoding the first play list into first play list information; and

a first transmitting unit utilized for transmitting the first play list information to the smart device.

28. The system for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 27, wherein the comparing and controlling module at least comprises:

a terminal decoding unit utilized for decoding the first play list information to acquire the first play list after the smart device receives the information of the first play list.

29. The system for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 25, further comprising:

a first processing module utilized for analyzing the first control instruction after the smart device receives the first control instruction.

30. The system for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 29, wherein when the first control instruction is a play instruction, one or more songs are played.

31. The system for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 29, wherein when the first control instruction is a sublist acquiring instruction, the smart device transmits sublists of the first play list to the Bluetooth earphone.

32. The system for synchronizing the functions of the music player in the smart device of claim 25, wherein the first link is a link of a serial port profile (SPP) protocol.

33. A Bluetooth earphone, comprising:

a list transmitting module utilized for setting up a link between the Bluetooth earphone and a smart device and transmitting a first play list to the smart device after the Bluetooth earphone receives a user'"'"'s operating instruction, wherein the smart device compares the first play list with a second play list of a music player in the smart device to determine whether the first play list is consistent with the second play list to generate a comparing result, after the smart device receives the first play list;

when the comparison result indicates that the first play list is inconsistent with the second play list, the smart device transmits the second play list to the Bluetooth earphone; and

an instructing module utilized for receiving the user'"'"'s second control list for the second play list and transmitting a control instruction to the smart device, after the list transmitting module receives the second play list.