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US 11,240,067 B2Granted
Terminal apparatus, content transmission method, and content playback system
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorKunihiro Orito
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Abstract
A terminal apparatus includes by way of a gateway apparatus that performs communication with an in-vehicle apparatus capable of playing back a content through a CAN bus, a first communication section that transmits command information for changing a mode of the in-vehicle apparatus to the in-vehicle apparatus, and a second communication section that transmits content data to the in-vehicle apparatus.
Claims20
An in vehicle apparatus, comprising:
- a display disposed in a vehicle;
- a first communication interface that connects to a first data input device over a first communication channel, the first communication channel including a gateway apparatus;
- a second communication interface that connects to a second device over a second communication channel that provides content data of an application installed in the second device to the in-vehicle apparatus from the second device, the first communication channel being different than the second communication channel, and the second communication channel excluding the gateway apparatus, wherein the second device is a smart phone or a mobile music player;
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- circuitry configured to
- provide, via the first communication channel, command information from the first data input device to control an application operation mode,
- in response to receiving command information from the first data input device, provide control information over the second communication channel that controls an operation of the application operation mode of the second device for playing the application in the vehicle, and
- display, on the display, information related to the application installed in the second device.
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A method for operating an in vehicle apparatus, comprising:
- providing, via a first communication interface, command information from the first data input device to control an application operation mode, the first communication interface connects to a first data input device over a first communication channel, the first communication channel including a gateway apparatus;
- in response to receiving command information from the first data input device, providing control information over a second communication channel via a second communication interface, the second communication interface connects to a second device over the second communication channel which provides content data of an application installed in the second device to the in-vehicle apparatus from the second device, the first communication channel being different than the second communication channel, and the second communication channel excluding the gateway apparatus, wherein the second device is a smart phone or a mobile music player;
- controlling, with circuitry, an operation of the application operation mode of the second device to play the application in the vehicle, and
- displaying, on a display disposed in the vehicle, information related to the application installed in the second device.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium having instruction stored therein that when executed by a processor cause the processor to implement a method for operating an in vehicle apparatus, the method comprising:
- providing, via a first communication interface, command information from the first data input device to control an application operation mode, the first communication interface connects to a first data input device over a first communication channel, the first communication channel including a gateway apparatus;
- in response to receiving command information from the first data input device, providing control information over a second communication channel via a second communication interface, the second communication interface connects to a second device over the second communication channel which provides content data of an application installed in the second device to the in-vehicle apparatus from the second device, the first communication channel being different than the second communication channel, and the second communication channel excluding the gateway apparatus, wherein the second device is a smart phone or a mobile music player;
- controlling, with circuitry, an operation of the application operation mode of the second device to play the application in the vehicle, and
- displaying, on a display disposed in the vehicle, information related to the application installed in the second device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.