Location-based media presentation

• US 8,056,112 B2
• Filed: 03/16/2006
• Issued: 11/08/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Original Assignee: Apple Inc.
• Inventors: Lee, Michael M.
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran; Thai
• Assistant Examiner(s): HASAN, SYED Y
• Application Number:
  US11/378,790
• Publication Number:
  US 20070256115A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,063 Days
• Field of Search: 725/145, 725/38, 725/87, 725/92, 725/115, 348/E7.071, 707/E17.121, 709/217, 715/200, 715/727, 715/978, 342/450, 455/90.1, 701/200, 701/207, 701/209, 701/213
• US Class Current: 725/145
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/11 by using information not detectable on the record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4524 involving the geographical location of the client retrieval from the Internet by querying based on geographical locations G06F16/9537; systems specially adapted for using geographical information in broadcast systems H04H60/70; protocols in which the network application is adapted for the location of the user terminal in communication control or processing H04L67/52; services making use of the location of users or terminals in wireless networks H04W4/02; locating users or terminals in wireless networks H04W64/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4532 involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18

Abstract

Media can be presented based on location associated with presentation of media (e.g., physical location of a device that is to present media). Presentation of media can be effectively controlled in order to automatically present a first media content (e.g., a list of songs, an album) in accordance with a first set of media presentation attributes or parameters (e.g., volume associated with presentation of audible media) at a first location, while a second media content is automatically presented in accordance with a second set of media presentation attributes or parameters when the current location is changed to a second location.

Claims

1. A method for presenting media by a device that is capable of presenting digital data representing said media, said method comprising:

defining a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data for a plurality of locations, wherein not every location has a defined Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data;

determining the physical location of said device using a location determination component on said device;

determining whether a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with said location using an automatic location-based presentation option;

determining whether the location of the device has changed when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is not associated with said location;

determining whether a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with the new location when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is not associated with the old location and the location of the device has changed;

determining whether to end the automatic location-based presentation option when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is not associated with said location and the location of the device has not changed;

determining, based on said location, a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) for said location, wherein said Media Presentation Environment (MPE) includes both media content information associated with digital media content for said location, and media presentation information regarding how to present digital media content for said location when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with said location; and

presenting said media for said location in accordance with said media content information and said media presentation information of said Media Presentation Environment (MPE), thereby presenting media for said location as effectively defined by said Media Presentation Environment (MPE) when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with said location.

2. A method as recited in claim 1,

wherein said media content effectively identifies, describes, or specifies a first digital media content to be presented for said location, or includes or references said first digital media content, and

wherein said media presentation information effectively indicates, describes, or specifies how to present said first digital media content, other digital media content, or any digital media content for said location.

3. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said Media Presentation Environment (MPE) includes both of said media content information and said media presentation information.

4. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said location is a physical location of said device.

5. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is defined based on input provided by a human being that interacts with said device.

6. A method as recited in claim 1, wherein said step of determining a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is based solely on the physical location of said device.

7. A method for presenting media on a device, said method comprising:

defining a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) for a plurality of locations, wherein not every location has a defined Media Presentation Environment (MPE);

determining the physical location of said device using a location determination component on said device;

determining whether a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is associated with said physical location;

determining whether the physical location of the device has changed when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is not associated with said physical location;

determining whether a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is associated with the new physical location when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is not associated with the old physical location and the physical location of the device has changed; and

presenting said media at said location in accordance with a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) when said determining determines that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is associated with said physical location, wherein said Media Presentation Environment (MPE) includes both media content information for said location and media presentation information for said location.

8. A method as recited in claim 7,

wherein said media content includes one or more digital files or items;

and

wherein said media presentation information includes one or more presentation attributes for said one or more digital files.

9. A method as recited in claim 8, wherein said one or more digital files or items are one or more of the following:

a song, an album, a list of sings, a list of albums, a list of artists, a list of genres.

10. A method as recited in claim 9, wherein said one or more digital files or items can be selected via menus provided by said device.

11. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said media presentation attributes can be associated with one or more of the following:

sound associated with an audio or audio-visual presentation, and

video associated with a visual or audio audio-visual presentation.

12. A method as recited in claim 11,

wherein said media presentation attributes associated with said sound corresponds to be one or more of the following:

volume, terrible, and base; and

wherein said media presentation attributes associated with said video can be one or more of the following;

color, contrast, and brightness.

13. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said physical location is effectively defined as a geographical area, boundary, region, or distance between two physical locations.

14. A method as recited in claim 7, wherein said device is a portable media player.

15. A media playback device, comprising:

a processor adapted to present digital data and operate to;

determine a location associated with presentation of media by said device using an automatic location-based presentation option;

determine whether a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with said location, wherein not every location has a defined Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data;

determine whether the location of the device has changed when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is not associated with said location;

determine whether a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with the new location when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is not associated with the old location and the location of the device has changed;

determine whether to end the automatic location-based presentation option when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is not associated with said location and the location of the device has not changed;

obtain, based on said location, a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) for said location, wherein said Media Presentation Environment (MPE) includes both media content information associated with digital media content for said location and media presentation information regarding how to present digital media content for said location when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with said location; and

present said media for said location in accordance with Media Presentation Environment (MPE) when said determining determines that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is associated with said location when it is determined that a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) data is associated with said location.

16. A device as recited in claim 15,

wherein said device is a media player;

and

wherein said location is a physical location.

17. A device as recited in claim 15, wherein said Media Presentation Environment (MPE) can be defined based on input provided by a human being by interacts with menus provided by said device.

18. A device as recited in claim 15, wherein said obtaining a Media Presentation Environment (MPE) is based solely on the physical location of said device.