Proximity and interface controls of media devices for media presentations

• US 9,282,423 B2
• Filed: 03/13/2013
• Issued: 03/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jawbone Innovations, LLC
• Original Assignee: AliphCom, Inc. (AliphCom Corp.)
• Inventors: Luna, Michael Edward Smith
• Primary Examiner(s): HIGA, BRENDAN Y
• Application Number:
  US13/802,674
• Publication Number:
  US 20140280450A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• Field of Search: 709204-206, 709217-219, 709227-229
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/00 Information retrieval; Database structures therefor; File system structures therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/436 using biological or physiological data of a human being, e.g. blood pressure, facial expression, gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/4393 Multimedia presentations, e.g. slide shows, multimedia albums
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/1097 for distributed storage of data in networks, e.g. transport arrangements for network file system [NFS], storage area networks [SAN] or network attached storage [NAS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• 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: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72442 for playing music files
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/12 including a sensor for measuring a physical value, e.g. temperature or motion telephones including GPS signal receivers H04M2250/10
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• 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 76/00 Connection management
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

Embodiments relate generally to electrical/electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, portable, wearable, and stationary media devices. RF transceivers and/or audio system in each media device may be used to wirelessly communicate between media devices and allow configuration and other data to be wirelessly transmitted from one media device to another media device. The proximity detection system may be configured to detect a presence of a user or multiple users and upon detecting presence, access content on a user device, and record the content while also playing back the content on the media device. One or more user devices in proximity of the media device post detection may wirelessly communicate with the media device and the media device may orchestrate handling of content from those devices or from a wirelessly accessible location such as the Cloud or Internet.

Claims

1. A method for proximity and interface control of content, comprising:

detecting presence of a user using a proximity detection island on a media device;

detecting a wireless signal from a user device;

connecting wirelessly with the user device with the media device;

accessing wirelessly, using the media device, content from the user device or a location specified by the user device;

determining a size of the content;

selecting a location to record the content to if the content is dynamic, or to store the content to if the content is static, wherein the location is selected based on the size of the content;

recording the content to the location if the content is dynamic; and

storing the content to the location if the content is static.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the location for the recording is external to the media device.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the location for the storing is external to the media device.

4. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:

queuing the content for handling by the media device after the storing or the recording.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the queuing of content that is stored takes precedent in a queue order over content that is recorded.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the connecting wirelessly comprises the media device selecting one of a plurality of RF transceivers configured to wirelessly communicate with the user device.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein recording the content to the location occurs while the content is playback on the media device.