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US 11,153,747 B2Granted
Vehicle detection for media content player
AssigneeSpotify AB
InventorsFredrik Schmidt, Johan Oskarsson, Shervin Shoravi, Peter Johansson, Ronald Pompa, Lawrence Kennedy, Adam Price, Daniel Choe
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Abstract
A system for automatically initiating a travel mode of a media-playback device is disclosed. The system operates to evaluate vehicle presence factors and determine whether the vehicle presence factors indicate that the media-playback device is in a vehicle. Upon determining presence of the media-playback device in a vehicle, the travel mode is performed using the media-playback device.
Claims15
A method for automatically initiating a travel mode of a media-playback device, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a media-delivery system server, at least one vehicle presence factor including a vehicle media-playback system identifier received by the media-playback device from a vehicle media-playback system, the media playback device being a portable computing device;
- evaluating, at the media-delivery system server, the at least one vehicle presence factor including the vehicle media-playback system identifier;
- determining, at the media-delivery system server, that the at least one vehicle presence factor indicates that the media-playback device is in a vehicle when the vehicle media-playback system identifier identifies the vehicle media-playback system;
- and
- sending instructions to the media-playback device which cause the media-playback device to:
- initiate a travel mode on the media-playback device for media content playback based on the determined presence of the media-playback device in the vehicle;
- and
- generate on the media-playback device a limited-attention media playback user interface based on the travel mode, the limited-attention media playback user interface being configured to control the media content playback from the vehicle media-playback system while the media-playback device remains in the travel mode.
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A media-delivery system server comprising:
- a processing device;
- and
- at least one non-transitory computer readable data storage device storing instructions that, when executed by the processing device, cause the media-delivery system server to:
- receive at least one vehicle presence factor including a vehicle media-playback system identifier received by a media-playback device from a vehicle media-playback system, the media-playback device being a portable computing device;
- evaluate the at least one vehicle presence factor including the vehicle media-playback system identifier;
- determine that the at least one vehicle presence factor indicates that the media-playback device is in a vehicle when the vehicle media-playback system identifier identifies the vehicle media-playback system;
- and
- send instructions to the media-playback device which cause the media-playback device to:
- initiate a travel mode on the media-playback device for media content playback based on the determined presence of the media-playback device in the vehicle;
- and
- generate a limited-attention media playback user interface on the media-playback device based on the travel mode, the limited-attention media playback user interface being configured to control the media content playback from the vehicle media-playback system while the media-playback device remains in the travel mode.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage device storing data instructions, which when executed by a processing device, cause the processing device to:
- receive, at a media-delivery system server, at least one vehicle presence factor including a vehicle media-playback system identifier received by a media-playback device from a vehicle media-playback system, the media playback device being a portable computing device;
- evaluate, at the media-delivery system server, the at least one vehicle presence factor including the vehicle media-playback system identifier;
- determine that the at least one vehicle presence factor indicates that the media-playback device is in a vehicle when the vehicle media-playback system identifier identifies the vehicle media-playback system;
- and
- send instructions to the media-playback device which cause the media playback device to:
- initiate a travel mode for media content playback on the media-playback device based on the determined presence of the media-playback device in the vehicle;
- and
- generate on the media-playback device a limited-attention media playback user interface based on the travel mode, the limited-attention media playback user interface being configured to control the media content playback from the vehicle media-playback system while the media-playback device remains in the travel mode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.