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Media content playback

US8897904B2 · kind B2 · utility

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11Claims

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Assignee

HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Tobias Muench · Neuenbürg, DE
Christoph Benz · Ohlsbach, DE
Andreas Koerner · Karlsruhe, DE
Philipp Schmauderer · Hennef (Sieg), DE

Key dates

Filing date	Jun 30, 2011
Grant date	Nov 25, 2014
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 7, 2033

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/8113
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Media content playback includes providing a plurality of media contents; providing for each of the media contents information identifying the respective media content; receiving from a user selection instructions that effect selecting or deselecting of a specific media content; providing context data based on measurements of at least one of absolute time, absolute position and of at least one physical quantity at or in the vicinity of the location where the selected media content is to be reproduced; providing or adapting a user profile that assigns for each specific media content user instructions to the context data provided at the time of receipt of the respective instruction; selecting according to the user profile one of the media contents dependent on the context data at the time of selection; and reproducing the selected media content.

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