System and method for extraction of meta data from a digital media storage device for media selection in a vehicle
First Claim
1. A method for extracting meta data from media devices in a vehicle over a communication link between a control module of the vehicle and the media devices, the method comprising:
- establishing a first communication link between the control module of the vehicle and a first media device;
identifying a first plurality of media files on the first media device;
extracting first meta data from the first plurality of media files, the first meta data including a first plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the first plurality of entries includes text data;
identifying the text data in entries of the first meta data of the first plurality of media files;
storing the first plurality of entries in a non-volatile memory as a first database of entries of meta data pertaining to the first plurality of media files and having a unique identifier associated with the first media device;
establishing a second communication link between the control module of the vehicle and a second media device;
identifying a second plurality of media files on the second media device;
extracting second meta data from the second plurality of media files, the second meta data including a second plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the second plurality of entries includes text data;
identifying the text data in entries of the second meta data of the plurality of media files; and
storing the second plurality of entries in the non-volatile memory as a second database of meta data pertaining to the second plurality of media files and having a unique identifier associated with the second media device,wherein the second database of the second plurality of entries of meta data is only accessible to a user of the control system when the second media device is connected with the control module via the second communication link and the control module receives the second unique identifier corresponding with the second media device, and wherein the first database of the first plurality of entries of meta data is only accessible to the user of the control system when the first media device is connected with the control module via the first communication link and the control module receives the unique identifier corresponding with the first media device.
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Abstract
A method is provided for extracting meta data from a digital media storage device in a vehicle over a communication link between a control module of the vehicle and the digital media storage device. The method includes establishing a communication link between control module of the vehicle and the digital media storage device, identifying a media file on the digital media storage device, and retrieving meta data from a media file, the meta data including a plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the plurality of entries includes text data. The method further includes identifying the text data in an entry of the media file and storing the plurality of entries in a memory.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for extracting meta data from media devices in a vehicle over a communication link between a control module of the vehicle and the media devices, the method comprising:
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establishing a first communication link between the control module of the vehicle and a first media device; identifying a first plurality of media files on the first media device; extracting first meta data from the first plurality of media files, the first meta data including a first plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the first plurality of entries includes text data; identifying the text data in entries of the first meta data of the first plurality of media files; storing the first plurality of entries in a non-volatile memory as a first database of entries of meta data pertaining to the first plurality of media files and having a unique identifier associated with the first media device; establishing a second communication link between the control module of the vehicle and a second media device; identifying a second plurality of media files on the second media device; extracting second meta data from the second plurality of media files, the second meta data including a second plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the second plurality of entries includes text data; identifying the text data in entries of the second meta data of the plurality of media files; and storing the second plurality of entries in the non-volatile memory as a second database of meta data pertaining to the second plurality of media files and having a unique identifier associated with the second media device, wherein the second database of the second plurality of entries of meta data is only accessible to a user of the control system when the second media device is connected with the control module via the second communication link and the control module receives the second unique identifier corresponding with the second media device, and wherein the first database of the first plurality of entries of meta data is only accessible to the user of the control system when the first media device is connected with the control module via the first communication link and the control module receives the unique identifier corresponding with the first media device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A control system in a vehicle for extracting meta data from media devices in the vehicle over a communication link, the system comprising:
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a communication module for establishing a first communication link with a first media device; a processing module coupled to the communication module, the processing module being configured to extract, via the communication module, first meta data associated with a first plurality of media files from the first media device, and wherein the first meta data includes a first plurality of entries, wherein at least one of the first plurality of entries includes text data; and a non-volatile memory module configured to store the first plurality of entries retrieved from the first media device as a first database of entries of meta data pertaining to the first plurality of media files and having a unique identifier associated with the first media device; wherein the communication module is further configured to establish a second communication link with a second media device, wherein the processing module is further configured to extract, via the communication module, second meta data associated with a second plurality of media files from the second media device, the second meta data including a second plurality of entries, at least one entry including text data, wherein the memory module is further configured to store the second plurality of entries retrieved from the second media device as a second database of entries of meta data pertaining to the second plurality of media files and having a second unique identifier associated with the second media device, and wherein the control system is configured to allow access, by a user of the control system, to the second database of the second plurality of entries of meta data based on a connection status of the second media device and the second unique identifier corresponding with the second media device, and the control system is configured to allow access, by the user of the control system, to the first database of the first plurality of entries of meta data based on the connection status of the first media device and the unique identifier corresponding with the first media device. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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