Method and system for reproducing audio/video content and portable device

• US 8,406,601 B2
• Filed: 10/30/2008
• Issued: 03/26/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/30/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: NXP B.V. (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Goossen, Jack Alexander
• Primary Examiner(s): Philippe, Gims S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Aghevli, Reza
• Application Number:
  US12/810,289
• Publication Number:
  US 20100278510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,608 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 386/230
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 29/008 Touring maps or guides to public transport networks
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 5/125 the stations being mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel

Abstract

A method for reproducing audio and/or video content on a device is provided. A position of a user is determined. Audio and/or video content to be reproduced on the device is selected based on the position of the user and is reproduced on the device. If the determined position of the user is in a first region (1), at least one first audio and/or video 5 content is selected. If the determined position of the user is in a second area (2), at least one second audio and/or video content is selected. If the determined position of the user is in an overlap region of the first and second area or in a region between the first and second area, a third audio and/or video content is generated based on at least the first and/or second audio and/or video content and the third audio and/or video content is selected to be reproduced.

Claims

1. Method for reproducing at least one of audio content and video content on a device, comprising the steps of:

determining a position of a user,

selecting at least one of audio content and video content to be reproduced on the device based on the position of the user, and

reproducing the selected at least one of audio content and video content by the device,

wherein if the determined position of the user is in a first region, at least one of a first audio content and a first video content is selected,

wherein if the determined position of the user is in a second area, at least one of a second audio content and a second video content is selected,

wherein if the determined position of the user is in at least one of an overlap region of the first and second area and in a region between the first and second area, at least one of a third audio content and a third video content is generated based on at least one of the first audio content, the first video content, the second audio content, and the second video content and at least one of the third audio and the third video content is selected to be reproduced.

2. Method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

transmitting at least one of the audio content and the video content to the device, and receiving the transmitted content.

3. Method according to claim 1, wherein the device is a portable device.

4. Method according to claim 3, wherein the device is associated to the user such that the position of the user corresponds to the position of the device.

5. Method according to claim 1, wherein the first region is within a first distance to a destination, and the second region is within a second distance to the destination, wherein if the determined position of the user is within an overlapping region between the first and second distance to the destination, at least one of the third audio content and the third video content is selected to be reproduced.

6. Method according to claim 2, wherein the selected at least one of the third audio content and the third video content is streamed to the device.

7. Method according to claim 4, further comprising the steps of:

determining the position of the user by the portable device;

forwarding the determined position to a selecting device;

selecting the content to be reproduced based on the determined position the selecting device; and

transmitting the selected content to the portable device.

8. System for reproducing audio/video content, comprising:

a selecting unit for selecting at least one of audio content and video content based on a position of a user;

wherein the selecting unit is adapted to select at least one of a first audio content and a first video content, if the determined position of the user is in a first region

wherein the selecting unit is adapted to select at least one of a second audio content and a second video content, if the determined position of the user is in a second area,

wherein if the determined position of the user is in an overlap region of the first and second areas or in a region between the first and second areas, the selecting unit is adapted to generate at least one of a third audio content and a third video content based on at least one of the first audio content, the first video content, the second audio content and the second video content and the selecting unit is adapted to select at least one of the third audio content and the third video content to be reproduced, and

a reproduction unit for reproducing the selected content.

9. Portable device, comprising:

a selecting unit for selecting at least one of audio content and video content based on a position of a user;

wherein the selecting unit is adapted to select at least one of a first audio content and a first video content, if the determined position of the user is in a first region

wherein the selecting unit is adapted to select at least one of a second audio content and a second video content, if the determined position of the user is in a second area

wherein if the determined position of the user is in an overlap region of the first and second areas or in a region between the first and second areas, the selecting unit is adapted to generate at least one of a third audio content and a third video content based on at least one of the first audio content, the first video content, the second audio content, and the second video content and the selecting unit is adapted to select at least one of the third audio content and the video content to be reproduced, and

a reproduction unit for reproducing the selected content.