Proximity-based control of media devices for media presentations
Embodiments relate generally to electrical/electronic hardware, computer software, wired and wireless network communications, portable, wearable, and stationary media devices. RF transceivers and/or audio system in each media device may be used to wirelessly communicate between media devices and allow configuration and other data to be wirelessly transmitted from one media device to another media device. The proximity detection system may be configured to detect a presence of a user or multiple users and upon detecting presence, access content on a user device, and record the content while also playing back the content on the media device. One or more user devices in proximity of the media device post detection may wirelessly communicate with the media device and the media device may orchestrate handling and/or queuing of content from those devices or from a wirelessly accessible location such as the Cloud, Internet, NAS, Flash memory, or other wireless sources.
1. A method for proximity-based control of content presented on a device, comprising:
detecting presence of a user within a detection range of one or more of a plurality of proximity detection islands of a media device, each proximity detection island is disposed proximate to a corner of a top surface of the media device ;
notifying, using one or more colors of light generated by one or more of the plurality of proximity detection islands, presence has been detected ;
detecting a RF signal from a user device;
connecting wirelessly, the user device and the media with each other;
displaying content currently being handled by the media device;
receiving at the media device, a request from the user device configured to cause the media device to handle user content on the user device;
harvesting wirelessly the user content from the user device; and
recording the user content while continuing to handle content currently being handled by the media device.
2. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:
queuing the user content relative to the content currently being handled.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the queuing occurs after the recording is completed.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording is stored in memory internal to the media device.
5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the recording is stored at a location external to the media device.
6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the displaying occurs on the media device, the user device, or both.
7. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:
queuing, preferentially, the user content relative to the content currently being handled.
8. The method of claim 1 and further comprising:
modifying a playlist on the media device in response to the recording.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the modifying is by the media device.
10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the handling comprises playback of the content currently being handled.
11. A wireless device, comprising:
a controller in electrical communication with
a data storage system,
a radio frequency (RF) system including at least one RF antenna electrically coupled with a plurality of RF transceivers including a WiFi transceiver, a Bluetooth (BT) transceiver, and an ad hoc (AH) transceiver,
an audio/video (AN) system including a loudspeaker configured to produce sound, a microphone configured to capture sound, and a display configured to display information,
a plurality of proximity detection islands, each proximity detection island is disposed proximate to a corner of a top surface of the wireless device, and each proximity detection island is configured to wirelessly detect, using an ambient light sensor, presence of a user and configured to notify presence has been detected using one or more colors of light generated by a light emitting diode,
wherein the RF system is configured to detect a RF signal from a user device, to wirelessly connect with the user device, wirelessly access user content from the user device or a location specified by the user device, and
wherein the controller is configured to record the user content in the data storage system or in an external location that is wirelessly accessible using the RF system, and configured to handle current content from a content queue while the user content is being recorded.
12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the handling comprises playback on the A/V system of the current content.
13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the user content is recorded into Flash memory.
14. The device of claim 11 , wherein the controller is configured to queue the user content into the content queue.
15. The device of claim 11 , wherein queuing of the user content by the controller is determined by a party mode.
16. The device of claim 11 , wherein a portion of the user content is buffered into a buffer during the recording.
17. The device of claim 16 , wherein the portion of the user content in the buffer comprise the current content.
18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the current content is played back using the AV system while the user content is being recorded.