Beamforming systems for personalized in-vehicle audio delivery to multiple passengers simultaneously

An apparatus, comprising:

• control circuitry;
• and
• at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs, the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the control circuitry, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following:
• receive a first zone configuration associated with a vehicle, wherein the first zone configuration corresponds to a first number of zones within the vehicle;
• receive a second zone configuration associated with the vehicle, wherein the second zone configuration corresponds to a second number of zones within the vehicle;
• establish a first communication session with a first device within the vehicle;
• detect a first position of the first device based, at least in part, on establishing the first communication session;
• receive a first input from the first device, wherein the first input identifies a first piece of audio content;
• establish a second communication session with a second device within the vehicle;
• detect a second position of the second device based, at least in part, on establishing the second communication session;
• receive a second input from the second device, wherein the second input identifies a second piece of audio content;
• select the first zone configuration based, at least in part, on the first position of the first device and the second position of the second device;
• determine that the first device is located within a first zone of the first zone configuration based, at least in part, on the first position of the first device;
• determine that the second device is located within the second zone of the first zone configuration based, at least in part, on the second position of the second device;
• and
• output the first piece of audio content to the first zone of the first zone configuration and the second piece of audio content to the second zone of the first zone configuration.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium having instructions encoded thereon that, when executed by control circuitry, cause the control circuitry to:

• receive a first zone configuration associated with a vehicle, wherein the first zone configuration corresponds to a first number of zones within the vehicle;
• receive a second zone configuration associated with the vehicle, wherein the second zone configuration corresponds to a second number of zones within the vehicle;
• establish a first communication session with a first device within the vehicle;
• detect a first position of the first device based, at least in part, on establishing the first communication session;
• receive a first input from the first device, wherein the first input identifies a first piece of audio content;
• establish a second communication session with a second device within the vehicle;
• detect a second position of the second device based, at least in part, on establishing the second communication session;
• receive a second input from the second device, wherein the second input identifies a second piece of audio content;
• select the first zone configuration based, at least in part, on the first position of the first device and the second position of the second device;
• determine that the first device is located within a first zone of the first zone configuration based, at least in part, on the first position of the first device;
• determine that the second device is located within the second zone of the first zone configuration based, at least in part, on the second position of the second device;
• and
• output the first piece of audio content to the first zone of the first zone configuration and the second piece of audio content to the second zone of the first zone configuration.