Playing control method, system and device for Bluetooth media

• US 8,731,467 B2
• Filed: 05/25/2010
• Issued: 05/20/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Original Assignee: ZTE Corporation
• Inventors: Yang, Xin, Zhang, Zhiping, Fu, Qihong
• Primary Examiner(s): Wendell, Andrew
• Assistant Examiner(s): TRANDAI, CINDY HUYEN
• Application Number:
  US13/380,617
• Publication Number:
  US 20120302171A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,456 Days
• Field of Search: 455 411- 413, 709/227, 709231-232, 370/235, 370/468, 370/352, 370/338
• US Class Current: 455/41.1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/43637 involving a wireless protocol, e.g. Bluetooth, RF or wireless LAN [IEEE 802.11] arrangements for wireless networking or broadcasting of information in indoor or near-field type systems H04B10/114
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6587 Control parameters, e.g. trick play commands, viewpoint selection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/20 Services signaling; Auxiliary data signalling, i.e. transmitting data via a non-traffic channel
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

This present invention discloses a method, system and device for a play control of a Bluetooth media. The method includes: sending a JumpTo media play control command to a Bluetooth play device through an extended protocol message by a Bluetooth control device; performing the play control on a played media according to the JumpTo media play control command by the Bluetooth play device. In the present invention, the extension is performed on the protocol reserved manufacturer custom field, which enables the Bluetooth control device to send the extended media play control command in the protocol architecture to the Bluetooth play device, thereby implementing the accurate locating play control for a played media file.

Claims

1. A method for a play control of a Bluetooth media, comprising:

sending, by a Bluetooth control device, a JumpTo media play control command to a Bluetooth play device through an extended protocol message;

wherein said extended protocol message is an extended instruction, Vendor Unique, of a PASS THROUGH defined by the Bluetooth protocol standard, an action defined in said extended instruction is the JumpTo media play control command with a time parameter specifying a time position in a media play time frame to be jumped to; and

controlling, by the Bluetooth play device, the Bluetooth media to be played from the time position specified in the time parameter of a received JumpTo media play control command.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein, a trigger condition of sending, by a Bluetooth control device, the JumpTo media play control command comprises:

inputting on the Bluetooth control device a time which is required to jump to for the Bluetooth media to be played;

or,

sliding a process bar on the Bluetooth control device to the time which is required to jump to for the Bluetooth media to be played.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein, the step of controlling, by the Bluetooth play device, the Bluetooth media to be played from the time position specified in the time parameter of the received JumpTo media play control command comprises:

a Bluetooth controlled terminal of the Bluetooth play device, after receiving the JumpTo media play control command, analyzing the JumpTo media play control command and the time parameter carried by the JumpTo media play control command and sending the analyzed time position specified in the time parameter directly to a media player of the Bluetooth play device, or directly calling an application programming interface of the media player of the Bluetooth play device with the time position specified in the time parameter acting as an input parameter; and

the media player, from the time position specified in the time parameter, sending media data to a Bluetooth media output module of the Bluetooth play device to implement the JumpTo play control for the Bluetooth media.

4. The method according to claim 3, further comprising:

the media player checking validity of the time parameter and performing the sending the media data to the Bluetooth media output module only if the time parameter is valid.

5. A system for a play control of a Bluetooth media, comprising a Bluetooth control device and a Bluetooth play device, wherein,

the Bluetooth control device is configured to send a JumpTo media play control command to the Bluetooth play device through an extended protocol message;

wherein said extended protocol message is an extended instruction, Vendor Unique, of a PASS THROUGH defined by the Bluetooth protocol standard, an action defined in said extended instruction is the JumpTo media play control command with a time parameter specifying a time position in a media play time frame to be jumped to;

the Bluetooth play device is configured to control the Bluetooth media to be played from the time position specified in the time parameter of the received JumpTo media play control command.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein, the Bluetooth control device comprises a Bluetooth master control terminal, and the Bluetooth master control terminal is configured to send the JumpTo media play control command when a following trigger condition is satisfied:

inputting on the Bluetooth control device a time which is required to jump to for the Bluetooth media to be played;

or,

sliding a process bar on the Bluetooth control device to the time which is required to jump to for the Bluetooth media to be played.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein, the Bluetooth play device comprises a Bluetooth controlled terminal, a media player and a Bluetooth media output module;

the Bluetooth controlled terminal is configured to, after receiving the JumpTo media play control command sent by a Bluetooth master control terminal, analyze the JumpTo media play control command and the time parameter carried by the JumpTo media play control command and send the analyzed time position specified in the time parameter directly to the media player, or directly call an application programming interface of the media player with the time position specified in the time parameter acting as an input parameter; and

the media player is configured to, from the time position specified in the time parameter, send media data to the Bluetooth media output module to implement the JumpTo play control for the Bluetooth media.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein, the media player comprises a checking module,

the checking module is configured to check validity of the time parameter and send the media data to the Bluetooth media output module only if the time parameter is valid.

9. The system according to claim 7, wherein,

the Bluetooth media output module is configured to send the media data to the Bluetooth control device;

the Bluetooth control device further comprises a Bluetooth media display module, and the Bluetooth media display module is configured to receive the media data sent by the Bluetooth media output module, and complete a display of multimedia.

10. A Bluetooth control device, comprising a Bluetooth master control terminal, wherein, the Bluetooth master control terminal is configured to send a JumpTo media play control command to a Bluetooth play device through an extended protocol message;

wherein said extended protocol message is an extended instruction, Vendor Unique, of a PASS THROUGH defined by the Bluetooth protocol standard, an action defined in said extended instruction is the JumpTo media play control command with a time parameter specifying a time position in a media play time frame to be jumped to;

so that the Bluetooth play device controls a Bluetooth media to be played from the time position specified in the time parameter of the received JumpTo media play control command.

11. The device according to claim 10, wherein, the Bluetooth master control terminal is configured to send the JumpTo media play control command when a following trigger condition is satisfied:

inputting on the Bluetooth control device a time which is required to jump to for the Bluetooth media to be played;

or,

sliding a process bar on the Bluetooth control device to the time which is required to jump to for the Bluetooth media to be played.

12. The device according to claim 10, further comprising a Bluetooth media display module, wherein the Bluetooth media display module is configured to receive media data sent by the Bluetooth play device, and complete a display of multimedia.