Expansion Peripheral Techniques for Portable Audio Player

• US 20080120436A1
• Filed: 01/30/2008
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/31/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: SigmaTel Incorporated (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Original Assignee: SigmaTel Incorporated (NXP Semiconductors NV)
• Inventors: Cowgill, Clayton, Schneider, Mathew
• Application Number:
  US12/022,973
• Publication Number:
  US 20080120436A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/2
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/002 Specific input/output arrangements not covered by G06F3/01 - G06F3/16 other optical apparatus G02B27/00

Abstract

In an embodiment, a portable audio player includes a processor adapted to receive movement data from a peripheral device and to select an audio track to be played based on the movement data.

Claims

1. A portable audio player comprising:

a memory to store data associated with a plurality of audio tracks;

an audio output adapted to play one or more of the plurality of audio tracks; and

a processor coupled to the memory and further coupled to the audio output, the processor adapted to receive movement data from a peripheral device, the movement data associated with a user of the peripheral device, the possessor further adapted to select one of the plurality of audio tracks to be played via the audio output based on the movement data.

2. The portable audio player of claim 1, wherein the peripheral device is a speedometer and the movement data indicates a speed.

3. The portable audio player of claim 1, wherein the peripheral device is a pedometer and the movement data indicates a distance.

4. The portable audio player of claim 1, further comprising a communication port that is adapted to receive the movement data from the peripheral device.

5. The portable audio player of claim 1, wherein the processor is adapted to select an audio track from the plurality of audio tracks to be played based on a particular level of the movement data.

6. The portable audio player of claim 1, wherein the processor is further adapted to adjust a volume of the audio output based on the movement data.

7. The portable audio player of claim 6, wherein the processor is adapted to adjust the volume of the audio output to a pre-determined volume level based on a particular value of the movement data.

8. The portable audio player of claim 1, further comprising:

a communication port to couple the portable audio player to the peripheral device;

a transceiver coupled to the communication port and further coupled to the processor; and

wherein the processor is adapted to receive a character from the peripheral device and to adjust a bit rate of the transceiver until the character is recognized, the processor being further adapted to receive the movement data from the peripheral device via the transceiver at the adjusted bit rate.

9. The portable audio player of claim 8, wherein the processor is further adapted to send information associated with the selected one of the plurality of audio tracks to the peripheral device via the transceiver at the adjusted bit rate to display to the user of the peripheral device.

10. A method of operating a portable audio player, the method comprising:

receiving movement data from a peripheral device, the movement data associated with a user of the peripheral device;

selecting an audio track of a plurality of audio tracks stored in a memory of the portable audio player based on the movement data; and

playing the selected audio track via an audio output of the portable audio player.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the peripheral device includes a speedometer and the movement indicates speed of movement of the user.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein the peripheral device includes a pedometer and the movement data provided by the pedometer indicates a distance traveled by the user.

13. The method of claim 10, wherein the audio track is selected based on a particular level of the movement data received from the peripheral device.

14. The method of claim 10, further comprising adjusting a volume of the audio output based on the movement data.

15. The method claim 14, wherein the volume of the audio output is adjusted to a predetermined volume level based on a particular level of the movement.

16. The method of claim 10, further comprising;

receiving a character from the peripheral device;

adjusting a bit rate of a transceiver to enable recognition of the character; and

receiving the movement data associated with the user from the peripheral device using the adjusted bit rate.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising sending information associated with the selected audio track at the adjusted bit rate o the peripheral device to display.