IP Library Granted Patent US 7,996,422
Granted Patent B2
US 7,996,422 · App. 12/177,582 · Granted Aug 9, 2011

System and method for adaptive media playback based on destination

Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property L.L.P.
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Patent No.
US 7,996,422
App. No.
12/177,582
Granted
Aug 9, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein are systems, methods, and computer readable-media for adaptive media playback based on destination. The method for adaptive media playback comprises determining one or more destinations, collecting media content that is relevant to or describes the one or more destinations, assembling the media content into a program, and outputting the program. In various embodiments, media content may be advertising, consumer-generated, based on real-time events, based on a schedule, or assembled to fit within an estimated available time. Media content may be assembled using an adaptation engine that selects a plurality of media segments that fit in the estimated available time, orders the plurality of media segments, alters at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time, if necessary, and creates a playlist of selected media content containing the plurality of media segments.

Claims (31)

1. A computer-implemented method of adaptive media playback, the computer-implemented method comprising:

determining at least one destination;

collecting media content that describes the at least one destination;

assembling the media content into a program to fit within an estimated available time;

selecting a plurality of media segments of the program that fit in the estimated available time;

altering at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time to yield an altered plurality of media segments; and

if necessary, creating a playlist containing the altered plurality of media segments outputting the program.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the media content is at least one of advertising, consumer-generated, and based on a user profile.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the media content is based on at least one of actual and planned events.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , the method further comprising updating the at least one destination to reflect an expected travel path.

5. A system for adaptive media playback, the system comprising:

a processor;

a first module configured to cause the processor to determine at least one destination;

a second module configured to cause the processor to collect media content that describes the at least one destination;

a third module configured to cause the processor to assemble the media content into a program to fit within an estimated available time;

a fourth module configured to cause the processor to select a plurality of media segments of the program that fit in the estimated available time;

a fifth module configured to cause the processor to alter at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time to yield an altered plurality of media segments; and

a sixth module configured to cause the processor, if necessary, to create a playlist containing the altered plurality of media segments to output the program.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the media content is at least one of advertising, consumer-generated, and based on a user profile.

7. The system of claim 5 , wherein the media content is based on at least one of actual and planned events.

8. The system of claim 5 , the system further comprising updating the at least one destination to reflect an expected travel path.

9. A tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for adaptive media playback, the computer-executable instructions comprising:

determining at least one destination;

collecting media content that describes the at least one destination;

assembling the media content into a program to fit within an estimated available time;

selecting a plurality of media segments of the program that fit in the estimated available time;

altering at least one of the plurality of media segments to fit the estimated available time to yield an altered plurality of media segments; and

if necessary, creating a playlist containing the altered plurality of media segments outputting the program.

10. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the media content is at least one of advertising, consumer-generated, and based on a user profile.

11. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , wherein the media content is based on at least one of actual and planned events.

12. The tangible non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 9 , the instructions further comprising updating the at least one destination to reflect an expected travel path.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 19, 2024
From: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
To: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY; KIA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066819/0595 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Mar 26, 2015
From: AT&T LABS, INC.
To: AT&T INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY I, L.P.
Reel/Frame 035265/0288 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 23, 2008
From: GIBBON, DAVID C.; BASSO, ANDREA; BEGEJA, LEE; LIU, ZHU; RENGER, BERNARD S.; SHAHRARAY, BEHZAD
To: AT&T LABS, INC.
Reel/Frame 021288/0068 →
Continuity (1)
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