MULTIMEDIA SYSTEM FOR A VEHICLE

• US 20070198472A1
• Filed: 02/17/2006
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Motor Company
• Original Assignee: Ford Motor Company
• Inventors: Simonds, Craig, Perry, Frank, Kowalski, David, Ridler, Nicholas
• Application Number:
  US11/276,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20070198472A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/44 Browsing; Visualisation therefor

Abstract

The present invention provides a multi-media system and method for a vehicle that enables a user to access content on a device. A user interface is included that is operable with the vehicle and adapted to receive a query command, wherein the query command is received in a predetermined form. Additionally, the user interface provides corresponding query results to the user. A controller is operable with the user interface and is configured to communicate with the device. The controller, in response to the query command, searches accelerator files containing data pertaining to the content. The controller also locates accelerator files that correspond with the query command and provides a corresponding accelerator file data to the user interface.

Claims

1. A multimedia system for a vehicle that enables a user to access content on a device, the system comprising:

a user interface operable with the vehicle and adapted to receive a query command, wherein the query command is received in a predetermined form, the user interface providing corresponding query results to the user; and

a controller that is operable with the user interface and configured to communicate with the device, the controller, in response to the query command, searching accelerator files containing data pertaining to the content, locating accelerator files that correspond with the query command and providing the data from the corresponding accelerator files to the user interface.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller reads at least a segment of the content and creates the accelerator file based on the segment.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the controller has a memory and the accelerator file is stored in volatile memory of the controller.

4. The system of claim 2, wherein the controller writes the accelerator file into the memory of the device.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the controller verifies whether write access is granted or denied prior to writing the accelerator file into the memory of the device.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the controller determines whether authentication is required if write access is denied.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the accelerator file is stored in volatile memory of the controller.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the controller updates the accelerator files by at least one of appending the accelerator files and deleting data from the accelerator files.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a graphical user interface.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the query results are graphically provided to the user.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the user interface is a voice control user interface.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the query results are audibly provided to the user via the user interface.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the query command received in the predetermined form includes at least one of selecting a criteria from a menu and entering a voice command.

14. A method of operation for a multimedia system on a vehicle that enables access to content located on a device, the method comprising:

receiving a query command through the use of the user interface, wherein the user interface is operable with the vehicle and the query command is received in a predetermined form;

searching accelerator files containing data pertaining to the content;

locating accelerator files that correspond with the query command;

providing the corresponding accelerator file data to the user interface; and

providing the query results to the user.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising reading at least a segment of the content and creating the accelerator file based on the segment.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the segment includes a header of the content.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the controller has a memory and the accelerator file is stored in volatile memory of the controller.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the controller writes the accelerator file into the memory of the device.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the controller verifies whether write access is granted or denied prior to writing the accelerator file into the memory of the device.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the controller updates the accelerator files by at least one of appending the accelerator files and deleting data from the accelerator files.