Method for providing data application in media reproduction apparatus of automobile

• US 8,805,960 B2
• Filed: 12/03/2008
• Issued: 08/12/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/06/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: SK Planet Co., Ltd. (SK Telecom Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Baek, Wonjang, Lee, Seong Baek, Kim, John
• Primary Examiner(s): KIM, TAE K
• Application Number:
  US12/314,069
• Publication Number:
  US 20090150516A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,078 Days
• Field of Search: 709201-203, 709217-222, 709238-240, 701207-209, 340/904
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/00 Instruments specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement of instruments in or on vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44521 Dynamic linking or loading; Link editing at or after load time, e.g. Java class loading

Abstract

A method for providing a data application in a media reproduction apparatus of an automobile is disclosed. In accordance with the method for providing the data application in the media reproduction apparatus of the automobile, an additional data application associated with a base data application is dynamically received according to a communication status and the additional data application is executed on a scene-by-scene basis.

Claims

1. A method for providing an additional data application in a media reproducing apparatus of an automobile, the method comprising steps of:

(a) executing a base data application wherein the base data application provides an initial screen displayed on a display device connected to the media reproducing apparatus;

(b) selecting a communication path for obtaining the additional data application from a data application providing server to be provided to a user wherein the additional data application is associated with the base data application and selected based on a user input from the user referring to the initial screen, the communication path being selected from one of a first communication path and a second communication path according to a real-time characteristic of the additional data application, wherein the first communication path is selected for obtaining the additional data application so that a data application storage apparatus receives the additional data application from the data application providing server via a wireless communication or a wired communication, and the data application storage apparatus transmits the additional data application to the media reproduction apparatus, while the second communication path is selected for obtaining the additional data application from the data application providing server via a wireless link; and

(c) obtaining and executing the additional data application based on the communication path selected in the step (b).

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step (a) comprises reading and executing the base data application stored in an optical disk storage media supported by the media reproducing apparatus.

3. The method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the step (a) comprises updating the base data application by receiving an update data from a base data application providing server providing the update data for the base data application through a communication with the additional data application providing server.

4. The method in accordance with claim 2, wherein the optical disk storage media includes at least one of a blu-ray disk, a HD-DVD and a DVD.

5. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step (a) comprises reading and executing the base data application stored in the media reproducing apparatus.

6. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the additional data application executable on a scene-by-scene basis includes a plurality of scenes, and

wherein the step (c) comprises:

(c-1) obtaining a scene resource data corresponding to a first scene to be provided to a user form at least one of the plurality of scenes included in the additional data application, and

(c-2) executing the additional data application based on the scene resource data corresponding to the first scene.

7. The method in accordance with claim 6, wherein the scene resource data includes at least one of an execution code and an execution resource data executable the scene-by-scene basis about the first scene.

8. The method in accordance with claim 6, wherein the scene resource data includes an identification information for obtaining a scene resource data corresponding to a second scene of the plurality of scenes.

9. The method in accordance with claim 1, wherein the step (c) comprises:

(c-1) measuring an additional data for executing the additional data application; and

(c-2) executing the additional data application based on the additional data.

10. The method in accordance with claim 1, further comprising:

(d) checking a communication status with the data application storage apparatus storing the additional data application; and

(e) receiving and storing the additional data application when a communication is established with the data application storage apparatus, prior to carrying out the step (a).

11. A method for providing an additional data application in a media reproducing apparatus of an automobile, the method comprising steps of:

at a data application storage installed at home, receiving a first type of the additional data application from a data application providing server, wherein the first type of the additional data application does not require a real-time characteristic;

at the data application storage, transmitting the first type of the additional data application to the media reproducing apparatus;

at the media reproducing apparatus, storing the first type of the additional data application;

at the media reproducing apparatus, executing a base data application;

at the data application providing server, transmitting a second type of the additional data application to the media reproducing apparatus via a wireless link;

at the media reproducing apparatus, receiving user input for selecting the additional data application associated with the base data application; and

at the media reproducing apparatus, determining whether the selected additional data application is the first type or the second type, and differently executing the additional data application depending on the type of the additional data application, wherein

in case the selected additional data application is the first type, the media reproducing apparatus executes the additional data application stored therein, and

in case the selected additional data application is the second type, the media reproducing apparatus receives the second type of the additional data application from the data application providing server and then executes the received additional data application.