System and method for providing customized audio content to a vehicle radio system using a smartphone

摘要

A method is disclosed for providing real time information content from a remote content source to an individual travelling in a vehicle over a personal electronic device (PED) of the individual, for playback over a subsystem of the vehicle. A control is designated on the vehicle subsystem which enables the individual to request the information content from the remote content source. A short range wireless link is established between the user's PED and the vehicle subsystem and the PED is used to access the information content from at least one Cloud based information service. The information content is then streamed back to the vehicle subsystem over the PED and played back to the individual, at least substantially in real time, while the individual is traveling in the vehicle.

主权项

1. A method for providing real time content from a remote content source to an individual travelling in a vehicle, the method including:
receiving programming information from an individual during a programming operation by which the individual provides first and second types of information, the first type of information including identification information uniquely identifying the individual, and the second type of information including content selection information by which the individual selects a specific, remote content source from a plurality of available content sources to obtain information content from, which said information content may be obtained at least substantially in real time when the individual is travelling in the vehicle; receiving a selection from the individual by which the individual is able to designate a specific control of the user accessible subsystem as being operative to initiate obtaining the information content from the remote content source when the control is accessed by the individual; using a short range wireless transceiver on the vehicle to establish a short range, wireless communications link with a personal electronic device (PED) associated with the individual, which is present on the vehicle with the user; generating a first signal, when the control is accessed by the individual, which is generated from the user accessible subsystem of the vehicle, and received by the PED; using the PED to generate a second signal when the first signal is received; using the second signal to access a Cloud based connection subsystem, the second signal identifying the individual to the Cloud based connection subsystem; using the Cloud based connection subsystem to determine a specific remote sponsorship partner to be contacted for sponsorship content; using the Cloud based connection subsystem to access the remote content source previously selected by the individual during the programming operation, to obtain the information content; and streaming the information content and the sponsorship content back to the user accessible subsystem via the Cloud based connection subsystem and the PED, at least substantially in real time, for playback to the individual while the individual is travelling in the vehicle.