System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination

• US 7,996,422 B2
• Filed: 07/22/2008
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/22/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Corp.
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Shahraray, Behzad, Basso, Andrea, Begeja, Lee, Gibbon, David C., Liu, Zhu, Renger, Bernard S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Breene, John
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US12/177,582
• Publication Number:
  US 20100023544A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,113 Days
• Field of Search: 707/770, 707/784, 707/804, 709/217, 715/202, 715/716, 715/745, 725/1, 725/32, 725/40
• US Class Current: 707/770
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3697 Output of additional, non-guidance related information, e.g. low fuel level G01C21/3679 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0261 based on user location
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/005 Reproducing at a different information rate from the information rate of recording for television signals H04N5/783
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/034 on discs G11B27/036, G11B27/038 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/783 Adaptations for reproducing at a rate different from the recording rate

Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for adaptive media playback based on destination. The method for adaptive media playback comprises determining one or more destinations, collecting media content that is relevant to or describes the one or more destinations, assembling the media content into a program, and outputting the program. In various embodiments, media content may be advertising, consumer-generated, based on real-time events, based on a schedule, or assembled to fit within an estimated available time. Media content may be assembled using an adaptation engine that selects a plurality of media segments that fit in the estimated available time, orders the plurality of media segments, alters at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time, if necessary, and creates a playlist of selected media content containing the plurality of media segments.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method of adaptive media playback, the computer-implemented method comprising:

determining at least one destination;

collecting media content that describes the at least one destination;

assembling the media content into a program to fit within an estimated available time;

selecting a plurality of media segments of the program that fit in the estimated available time;

altering at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time to yield an altered plurality of media segments; and

if necessary, creating a playlist containing the altered plurality of media segments outputting the program.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the media content is at least one of advertising, consumer-generated, and based on a user profile.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the media content is based on at least one of actual and planned events.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, the method further comprising updating the at least one destination to reflect an expected travel path.

5. A system for adaptive media playback, the system comprising:

a processor;

a first module configured to cause the processor to determine at least one destination;

a second module configured to cause the processor to collect media content that describes the at least one destination;

a third module configured to cause the processor to assemble the media content into a program to fit within an estimated available time;

a fourth module configured to cause the processor to select a plurality of media segments of the program that fit in the estimated available time;

a fifth module configured to cause the processor to alter at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time to yield an altered plurality of media segments; and

a sixth module configured to cause the processor, if necessary, to create a playlist containing the altered plurality of media segments to output the program.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the media content is at least one of advertising, consumer-generated, and based on a user profile.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the media content is based on at least one of actual and planned events.

8. The system of claim 5, the system further comprising updating the at least one destination to reflect an expected travel path.

9. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for adaptive media playback, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

determining at least one destination;

collecting media content that describes the at least one destination;

assembling the media content into a program to fit within an estimated available time;

selecting a plurality of media segments of the program that fit in the estimated available time;

altering at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time to yield an altered plurality of media segments; and

if necessary, creating a playlist containing the altered plurality of media segments outputting the program.

10. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the media content is at least one of advertising, consumer-generated, and based on a user profile.

11. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, wherein the media content is based on at least one of actual and planned events.

12. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9, the instructions further comprising updating the at least one destination to reflect an expected travel path.