Method of determining and predicting entertainment selections for telematics units
AssigneeGeneral Motors Corporation
InventorsRussell Patenaude, Patty Kogowski, Brad Reeser, Julianne Petschke
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Abstract
A method for providing entertainment in a vehicle, including monitoring entertainment selections at a telematics unit, determining at least one user entertainment selection profile based on the monitoring and activating entertainment units based on the profile.
Claims24
A method for providing entertainment in a vehicle, comprising:
- monitoring entertainment selections at a telematics unit;
- determining at least one user entertainment selection profile based on the monitoring;
- and
- activating entertainment units based on the profile.
The method of clam 5, wherein activating entertainment units based on the profile comprises:
- determining power-up input responsive to a power-up of the vehicle;
- retrieving the user-specific entertainment selection profile from a memory in the telematics unit responsive to the determined power-up input;
- and
- powering up at least one entertainment unit based on the retrieved user-specific entertainment selection profile.
The method of clam 1, wherein activating entertainment units based on the profile comprises:
- determining power-up input responsive to a power-up of the vehicle;
- retrieving the user entertainment selection profile from a memory in the telematics unit responsive to the determined power-up input;
- and
- powering up at least one entertainment unit based on the retrieved user entertainment selection profile.
A system for providing entertainment in a vehicle, comprising:
- means for monitoring entertainment selections at a telematics unit;
- means for determining at least one user entertainment selection profile based on the monitoring;
- and
- means for activating entertainment units based on the profile.
A computer readable medium storing a computer program, comprising:
- computer readable code for monitoring entertainment selections at a telematics unit;
- computer readable code for determining at least one user entertainment selection profile based on the monitoring;
- and
- computer readable code for activating entertainment units based on the profile.
The medium of clam 16, wherein computer readable code for activating entertainment units based on the profile comprises:
- computer readable code for determining power-up input responsive to the power-up of the vehicle;
- computer readable code for retrieving the user entertainment selection profile from a memory in the telematics unit responsive to the determined power-up input;
- and
- computer readable code for powering up at least one entertainment unit based on the retrieved user entertainment selection profile.
The medium of clam 22, wherein computer readable code for activating entertainment units based on the profile comprises:
- computer readable code for determining power-up input responsive to the power-up of the vehicle;
- computer readable code for retrieving the user-specific entertainment selection profile from a memory in the telematics unit responsive to the determined power-up input;
- and
- computer readable code for powering up at least one entertainment unit based on the retrieved user-specific entertainment selection profile.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.