Management of stations using preferences from social networking profiles

• US 9,800,360 B2
• Filed: 02/06/2014
• Issued: 10/24/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yamada, Hajime
• Primary Examiner(s): Kerzhner, Aleksandr
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cheung, Eddy
• Application Number:
  US14/174,482
• Publication Number:
  US 20150222375A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,356 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/46 for recognising users' preferences
• CPC Class Codes: H04H 60/80 characterised by transmission among terminal devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces

Abstract

One or more embodiments of techniques or systems for content management are provided herein. In one or more embodiments, a user may preconfigure a device with preset stations or favorite stations, such as via an application on the device. The device may be utilized to synchronize a vehicle with the preset stations or favorite stations. In one or more embodiments, merely preset stations may be accessible on the vehicle during some scenarios to promote safe driving. For example, in such scenarios, merely the preset stations may be marked or defined as a favorite. In one or more embodiments, presets or favorites may be presented or organized based on characteristics of a user or other attributes, such as the time of day. In this manner, content management may be provided while promoting safe driving.

Claims

1. A system for content management, comprising:

a processing unit and a memory;

a communication component communicatively coupling the system to a mobile device using a telematics unit, wherein an application of the mobile device defines one or more stations as a preset station or a favorite station;

a management component;

receiving one or more of the stations defined by the application of the mobile device at the memory;

assigning, using the processing unit, the one or more stations as the preset station or the favorite station based on a genre of music that is listed as an interest in a social networking profile associated with a user;

identifying, using the processing unit, all other applications running concurrently with the application of the mobile device;

identifying, using the processing unit, a category associated with one of the other applications;

inferring, using the processing unit, a context associated with one of the other applications based on the category of the other application, wherein the context is a use context which is indicative of a task being performed by the user while the other application is being executed;

determining, using the processing unit, an association between one or more of the stations to the context associated with one of the other applications;

organizing, using the processing unit, one or more of the stations based on whether a station of one or more of the stations is the preset station or the favorite station and based on the one or more of the stations associated with the context associated with the other application; and

receiving a station selection at the memory; and

a presentation component rendering one or more notifications on a display, wherein one or more of the notifications is associated with a station corresponding to the station selection,

wherein the management component causes the presentation component to playback the station corresponding to the station selection.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the management component enables one or more of the stations to be redefined such that a previously defined preset station is defined as the favorite station based on a user input.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the presentation component renders a list of one or more preset stations or a list of one or more favorite stations.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication component transmits the station selection or a user input.

5. The system of claim 1, comprising a suggestion component providing one or more suggested stations based on user activity.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication component communicatively couples the system to the mobile device via a wireless channel.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the management component receives one or more of the stations from a cloud.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the presentation component comprises one or more speakers, wherein one or more of the notifications is an audio notification.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the management component is employed within a vehicle to organize one or more of the stations defined by the application of the mobile device.

10. A system for content management, comprising:

a processing unit and a memory;

a communication component communicatively coupling the system to a vehicle using a wireless unit;

a station aggregation component gathering, at the memory, one or more stations available for consumption;

an application component;

executing a first application;

receiving one or more user designations for one or more of the respective stations at the memory, wherein a user designation of one or more of the user designations is a preset station or a favorite station;

identifying all other applications running in concurrence with the first application;

identifying a category associated with one of the other applications;

inferring a context associated with one of the other applications based on the category of the other application, wherein the context is a use context indicative of a task being performed by a user while one of the other applications is being executed; and

determining an association between one or more of the stations to the context associated with one of the other applications;

automatically populating a list, using the processing unit, of one or more stations as the preset station or the favorite station based on a genre of music that is listed as an interest in a social networking profile associated with the user and based on the one or more of the stations with the context associated with the other application;

a display confirming one or more of the user designations for one or more of the respective stations by rendering the list such that the list has visual indications which distinguish the preset station and the favorite station using different colors; and

a management component that causes playback, using the processing unit on the vehicle, of one or more of the stations corresponding to a station selection.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the communication component transmits the list of one or more preset stations or the list of one or more favorite stations.

12. The system of claim 10, comprising a suggestion component providing one or more suggested stations based on one or more of the other applications associated with the system for content management.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the system for content management is employed within a mobile device.

14. A method for content management, comprising:

aggregating, at a memory, one or more stations;

receiving, at the memory, one or more user designations for one or more of the respective stations, wherein a user designation of one or more of the user designations is a preset station or a favorite station;

executing, at the memory, a first application;

identifying, using a processing unit, all other applications running concurrently with the first application;

identifying, using the processing unit, a category associated with one of the other applications;

inferring, using the processing unit, a context associated with one of the other applications based on the category of the other application, wherein the context is a use context indicative of a task being performed by a user while one of the other applications is being executed;

determining an association between one or more of the stations to the context associated with one of the other applications;

populating a list, using the processing unit, of one or more stations as the preset station or the favorite station based on a genre of music that is listed as an interest in a social networking profile associated with the user and based on the one or more of the stations associated with the context associated with the other application;

transmitting, using a wireless unit, one or more of the stations based on one or more of the corresponding user designations and a name of one or more of the stations; and

causing playback, using the processing unit, on a vehicle, of one or more of the stations corresponding to a station selection.

15. The method of claim 14, comprising rendering a list of one or more preset stations or a list of one or more favorite stations based on one or more of the user designations for one or more of the respective stations.

16. The method of claim 14, comprising receiving user activity associated with one or more of the transmitted stations, wherein the user activity occurs on board the vehicle.

17. The method of claim 14, comprising displaying confirmation for one or more of the user designations for one or more of the respective stations.

18. The method of claim 14, comprising suggesting one or more suggested stations based on one or more applications associated with a mobile device.

19. The method of claim 14, comprising suggesting one or more suggested stations based on user activity associated with a mobile device.