Method for operating a playback unit in a vehicle, for...

Telecommunications – Radiotelephone system – Message storage or retrieval

Reexamination Certificate

Rate now

  [ 0.00 ] – not rated yet Voters 0   Comments 0

Details

C455S003060, C455S414100

Reexamination Certificate

active

07062254

ABSTRACT:
A system for use in a motor vehicle includes a wireless receiver that receives, over a wireless communication channel, supplemental information representative of the characteristics of the contents of a playback media, and provides received supplemental information indicative thereof. A playback device receives the received supplemental information and stores the received supplemental information in a non-volatile memory device. The playback unit may generate a request for supplement information in response to and indicative of a playback media inserted into the playback unit. The system may also include a wireless transmitter that receives the request and transmits the received request over the communication channel. In one embodiment, after the data medium has been inserted into the playback unit, the wireless transmitter (e.g., a car telephone) establishes a radio connection to a data server, and at least part of the characteristic data stored on the inserted data medium are read by the playback unit and are transmitted from the wireless transmitter to the data server, which compares these characteristic data with stored data to identify the data medium. After identifying the data medium, the data server transmits supplemental information to the playback unit, which stores the information in a memory device for on-demand retrieval and display. In another embodiment, a radio connection is established between a computing device and the wireless receiver. The computing device transmits characteristic data of selected data media over the radio connection to the wireless receiver, which provides the received data to the playback unit that stores the received data in a memory device for subsequent on-demand retrieval and display. In this embodiment, an operator can transfer to the motor vehicle the characteristic data stored in the computing device (e.g., personal computer) relating to selected data media.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4870515 (1989-09-01), Stokes
patent: 4872151 (1989-10-01), Smith
patent: 5479479 (1995-12-01), Braitberg et al.
patent: 5732324 (1998-03-01), Rieger, III
patent: 5751672 (1998-05-01), Yankowski
patent: 5784006 (1998-07-01), Hochstein
patent: 5794164 (1998-08-01), Beckert et al.
patent: 5806018 (1998-09-01), Smith et al.
patent: 5809115 (1998-09-01), Inkinen
patent: 5916024 (1999-06-01), Von Kohorn
patent: 5970390 (1999-10-01), Koga et al.
patent: 5977964 (1999-11-01), Williams et al.
patent: 5987323 (1999-11-01), Huotari
patent: 5991640 (1999-11-01), Lilja et al.
patent: 6034925 (2000-03-01), Wehmeyer
patent: 6101387 (2000-08-01), Granberg et al.
patent: 6169955 (2001-01-01), Fultz
patent: 6334061 (2001-12-01), Cunningham et al.
patent: 6493430 (2002-12-01), Leuca et al.
patent: 6527641 (2003-03-01), Sinclair et al.
patent: 6563805 (2003-05-01), Ma et al.
patent: 6728531 (2004-04-01), Lee et al.
patent: 2001/0053943 (2001-12-01), Kaneko et al.
patent: 41 25 874 (1993-02-01), None
patent: 197 37 322 (1999-03-01), None
patent: 197 37 325 (1999-03-01), None
patent: 197 50 372 (1999-05-01), None
patent: 19917169 (2000-11-01), None
patent: 0777106 (1997-06-01), None

LandOfFree

Say what you really think

Search LandOfFree.com for the USA inventors and patents. Rate them and share your experience with other people.

Rating

Method for operating a playback unit in a vehicle, for... does not yet have a rating. At this time, there are no reviews or comments for this patent.

If you have personal experience with Method for operating a playback unit in a vehicle, for..., we encourage you to share that experience with our LandOfFree.com community. Your opinion is very important and Method for operating a playback unit in a vehicle, for... will most certainly appreciate the feedback.

Rate now

     

Profile ID: LFUS-PAI-O-3620843

  Search
All data on this website is collected from public sources. Our data reflects the most accurate information available at the time of publication.