AUDIO/VISUAL (AV) DEVICE CONTROL METHOD USING PERSONAL INFORMATION AND AV DEVICE USING THE SAME

• US 20090024766A1
• Filed: 01/14/2008
• Published: 01/22/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Samsung Group)
• Inventors: SONG, Kyung-soon
• Granted Patent: US 8,185,670 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 710/10
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 19/02 Control of operating function, e.g. switching from recording to reproducing
• CPC Class Codes: G11B 27/105 of operating discs

Abstract

An AV device control method and an AV device using the same. After receiving personal information gathered by an external device, an AV device is automatically controlled according to a user'"'"'s personal information. Accordingly, the AV device can be customized to operate for an individual user.

Claims

1. An audio visual (AV) device control method, comprising:

establishing an interface between an AV device and an external device;

automatically receiving personal information of a user from the external device; and

automatically controlling the AV device in accordance with the received personal information.

2. The AV device control method of claim 1, wherein the personal information is stored in a system setup file which is automatically executed when the AV device is booted up.

3. The AV device control method of claim 2, wherein the system setup file is stored in a user non-accessible area of a memory of the AV device.

4. The AV device control method of claim 1, wherein the control operation controls the AV device to automatically select and execute an AV file based on the personal information without a user input.

5. The AV device control method of claim 1, wherein the personal information includes at least one of information input from the user and information received from a network.

6. The AV device control method of claim 5, wherein the information input from the user is schedule information of the user;

and

the control operation executes one of an AV file play function, a wake-up call function, and a record data function according to the schedule.

7. The AV device control method of claim 5, wherein the information received from the network is biorhythm information or stress information of the user.

8. The AV device control method of claim 1, further comprising:

collecting at the external device, general information received from a network and combining the received general information with the personal information to control the AV device.

9. An AV device, comprising:

an interface to communicatively connect to an external device; and

a controller to receive user personal information from the external device connected through the interface and to automatically control the AV device according to the received information without a user command being input.

10. The AV device of claim 9, wherein the controller stores the received user personal information as a system set file which is automatically executed when the AV device is booted up.

11. The AV device of claim 9, wherein the system setup file is stored in a user non-accessible area of a memory of the AV device.

12. The AV device of claim 9, wherein the controller controls the AV device to automatically select and to execute an AV file based on the received personal information without a user input command.

13. The AV device of claim 9, wherein the received personal information includes at least one of information input from a user and information received from a network.

14. The AV device of claim 13, wherein the information input from a user is schedule information of the user, and

the controller executes one of an AV file play function, a wake-up call function, and a record data function according to the schedule.

15. The AV device of claim 13, wherein the information received over the network is biorhythm or stress information of the user.

16. The AV device of claim 9, wherein the controller collects at the external device, general information from a network and combines the general information with the received user personal information.

17. A terminal device control method, comprising:

collecting personal information of a user;

establishing an interface between the terminal device and an AV device; and

automatically transmitting user personal information to the AV device to automatically control the AV device according to the transmitted personal information without the AV device receiving a user command.

18. A terminal device, comprising:

an interface to communicatively connect to an external device; and

a controller to receive personal information of a user and to automatically transmit the personal information to the AV device via the interface to automatically control the AV device according to the received personal information without a user command input.

19. The terminal device of claim 18, wherein the user personal information is input by a user at the external device and is transmitted to the AV device via a wireless connection.

20. The terminal device of claim 18, wherein the user personal information is input by a user at the external device and is transmitted to the AV device via a USB connection.

21. The terminal device of claim 18, wherein the AV device is automatically controlled to play music according to the user personal information.

22. The terminal device of claim 18, wherein the AV device is automatically controlled to retrieve a music data file from the external device according to the user personal information.

23. A computer readable medium containing a method to control an AV device, comprising:

receiving user personal information by an AV device input by a user;

controlling the AV device to perform an automatic function according to the received user personal information; and

automatically transferring a data file to the AV device from an external device according to the received user personal information.

24. An audio/visual (AV) interface system, comprising:

an AV device having a controller to execute at least one of an AV file play function, a wake-up call function, and a record data function according to user personal information received from an external source; and

an internet accessible computing device connected to the AV device and having user personal information stored therein to transmit to the AV device.

25. The AV interface system of claim 24, wherein the AV device is connected to the personal computing device via a wireless connection.