Method and system for playing an electronic book using an electronics system in a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for using an electronic book device in a vehicle, said method comprising:
- introducing a handheld electronic book device into the vehicle, wherein the handheld electronic book device includes at least one electronic book that may have been purchased;
establishing an electronic connection between the handheld electronic book device and a separate electronic systems onboard the vehicle, wherein the electronic systems includes at least a text-to-speech converter and an audio system;
in response to establishing the connection, automatically playing at least a portion of the at least one electronic book by at least streaming text of the electronic book from the handheld electronic book device to a playback buffer in the electronic system, converting the text to speech using the text-to-speech converter, and playing the speech in the vehicle using the audio system.
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Abstract
A method and system for using a vehicle'"'"'s electronic systems to provide all features and functions typically found on a handheld electronic book device. The vehicle'"'"'s electronic systems can be used in an integrated fashion with a user'"'"'s handheld electronic book device, such that the vehicle'"'"'s systems can be used to recite electronic book materials, media files can be shared between the vehicle and the handheld device, bookmarks can be synchronized, and the user can seamlessly switch from one system to the other. The vehicle'"'"'s electronic systems can also be used independent of any other electronic book device, such that the vehicle'"'"'s systems provide all electronic book device functionality—including browsing for new reading materials, purchase, download, storage, reading, and listening.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for using an electronic book device in a vehicle, said method comprising:
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introducing a handheld electronic book device into the vehicle, wherein the handheld electronic book device includes at least one electronic book that may have been purchased; establishing an electronic connection between the handheld electronic book device and a separate electronic systems onboard the vehicle, wherein the electronic systems includes at least a text-to-speech converter and an audio system; in response to establishing the connection, automatically playing at least a portion of the at least one electronic book by at least streaming text of the electronic book from the handheld electronic book device to a playback buffer in the electronic system, converting the text to speech using the text-to-speech converter, and playing the speech in the vehicle using the audio system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for using an electronic book device in a vehicle, said method comprising:
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introducing a handheld electronic book device into the vehicle, wherein the handheld electronic book device includes at least one electronic book that may have been purchased; establishing an electronic connection between the handheld electronic book device and a separate electronic systems onboard the vehicle, wherein the electronic systems includes at least a text-to-speech converter and an audio system; in response to establishing the connection, automatically playing at least a portion of the at least one electronic book by at least streaming text of the electronic book from the handheld electronic book device to a playback buffer in the electronic system, converting the text to speech using the text-to-speech converter, and playing the speech in the vehicle using the audio system; wherein the electronic book device is also configured to turn on audio recitation using its own text-to-speech converter and the audio system when connected to the vehicle, and turn off audio recitation when disconnected from the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A system for using an electronic book device in a vehicle, said system comprising:
at least one or more computer processors having memory configured with executable instructions which when executed cause the at least one or more computer processors to; establish a connection between a handheld electronic book device and a separate electronic systems onboard the vehicle, wherein the electronic systems includes at least a text-to-speech converter and an audio system and further wherein the handheld electronic book device includes at least one electronic book that may have been purchased; in response to establishing the connection, automatically play at least a portion of the at least one electronic book by at least streaming text of the electronic book from the handheld electronic book device to a playback buffer in the electronic system, convert the text to speech using the text-to-speech converter, and play the speech in the vehicle using the audio system. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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