Music – Instruments – Electrical musical tone generation
Reexamination Certificate
2009-08-25
2011-10-11
Fletcher, Marlo (Department: 2832)
Music
Instruments
Electrical musical tone generation
C084S600000, C084S602000, C084S610000, C084S618000, C084S634000, C084S650000, C084S653000, C084S656000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08035023
ABSTRACT:
An entertainment system has a music storage system storing a plurality of music pieces, a playback system coupled with the music storage system, a navigation system providing current map information including a present location, wherein a current map has a plurality of zones each being assigned to one of a plurality of zone types, and a controller for controlling playback of selected music pieces, wherein the controller maintains a plurality of playlists, each having a plurality of music pieces and being assigned to at least one zone type. The controller receives information of a present location and a current zone type and selects an assigned playlist, wherein the navigation system further provides information about a distance and/or time to a next zone. The controller modifies the assigned playlist such that a transition to the next zone is timely synchronized with the ending of a music piece of the assigned playlist.
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Hernandez Marcial
Lee Charles
Stoschek Arne
Swager Jason
Fletcher Marlo
King & Spalding L.L.P.
Volkswagen AG
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