Classifications

• • H—ELECTRICITY
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  • H04L65/00—Network arrangements, protocols or services for supporting real-time applications in data packet communication
  • H04L65/60—Network streaming of media packets
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  • H04L67/10—Protocols in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network
  • H04L67/104—Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
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• • H—ELECTRICITY
  • H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
  • H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
  • H04L67/00—Network arrangements or protocols for supporting network services or applications
  • H04L67/01—Protocols
  • H04L67/12—Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
  • H04L67/125—Protocols specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks involving control of end-device applications over a network

Definitions

• the present invention generally relates to the sharing of media contents between mobile terminals embedded in a vehicle and connected in a network.
• Smartphones and tablets with media library storage capabilities (audio and video files, photos, e-book, etc.), most people end up permanently with large amounts of media content on them.
• media library storage capabilities audio and video files, photos, e-book, etc.
• a person with such a mobile terminal When a person with such a mobile terminal is a passenger of a motor vehicle, it may wish to be able to broadcast its own media content via the display means (display) and / or sound broadcasting (loudspeakers) of the device. info-entertainment of this vehicle.
• the latter must connect its mobile terminal to this infotainment device (typically wired type USB or wireless type Bluetooth) so that said display means and / or broadcast sound reproduce the display and / or sound of media contents hosted and read by this mobile terminal.
• this infotainment device typically wired type USB or wireless type Bluetooth
• the US patent application US 2015/0222680 proposes a media content sharing system for a motor vehicle comprising an infotainment device implanted in said vehicle and provided with display and / or sound broadcasting means, as well as a plurality of on-board mobile terminals connected together via a wireless LAN.
• One of these terminals is further connected to the infotainment device of this vehicle so that said means reproduce the display and / or the sound of the media contents read by this mobile terminal.
• the mobile terminal server is configured to establish a list of all media contents (eg audio and / or video) that he and all other mobile terminals host own, this list being shared with other terminals mobile so that each of them can ask that server to read media content from the list.
• media contents eg audio and / or video
• the server terminal is also able to identify which of the mobile terminals connected (itself or one of the other mobile terminals) hosts the requested media content and to possibly request from this terminal the transmission of this media content via streaming.
• all the media content hosted by the various mobile terminals can be broadcast by the display and / or sound broadcasting means while only one of them is directly connected to the infotainment device of the vehicle.
• the present invention aims to provide a more advanced system for sharing media content for a motor vehicle.
• a media content sharing system for a motor vehicle comprising an infotainment device installed in said vehicle and provided with a display screen and / or sound diffusion means, as well as a plurality of mobile terminals embedded devices connected to each other via a wireless local area network, one of said mobile terminals being connected to said infotainment device so that said screen and / or said sound broadcasting means reproduce the display and / or the sound of the contents media read by this mobile terminal;
• each of said mobile terminals is configured to establish and update in real time the list of all the media contents that it and all the other mobile terminals connected to said wireless local area network host, each terminal mobile is further configured to read itself or request playback on one or more of the other mobile terminals of each of the media contents of said list.
• each on-board mobile terminal to have permanent access to all the media contents hosted by the various mobile terminals and to be able to directly start their reading on any of them (and not only as in the prior art on the one connected to the infotainment device of the vehicle).
• each mobile terminal acts as both a client and a server, different media contents can be read simultaneously on different terminals.
• the latter is configured so that when the selected media content is hosted by another mobile terminal than the one chosen to read it, the host terminal transmits it by streaming in continuous mode to the one responsible for reading it;
• each said mobile terminal is configured to establish said list by requesting from itself and from other mobile terminals the transmission of the metadata associated with said media contents that they host;
• said mobile terminals are connected to a WiFi wireless local area network accessible via an integrated access terminal said infotainment device or one of said mobile terminals;
• said mobile terminals connected to said wireless local area network are able to communicate with each other via a peer-to-peer media content sharing application installed on each of them and implementing a multi-platform interoperability protocol; form;
• said infotainment device comprises both a display screen and sound diffusion means, this infotainment device also integrating a duplication solution reproducing on said screen and on said sound diffusion means respectively.
• the display and sound generated by said application installed on said mobile terminal being connected thereto;
• said mobile terminal connected to said infotainment device is connected by a wired connection of the USB type
• said infotainment device comprises means of sound diffusion, this device being only able to reproduce on these the sound of the media contents read by the mobile terminal connected thereto; and or
• said mobile terminal connected to said infotainment device is connected by a wireless link of the Bluetooth type.
• FIG. 1 represents a schematic view of a media content sharing system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
• FIG. 1 represents a schematic view of a media content sharing system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention.
• the media content sharing system 1 illustrated in FIG. 1 comprises an infotainment device 10 integrated in the central part of the dashboard of a vehicle, as well as a plurality of mobile terminals embedded in this vehicle 20. 30, 40, 50.
• mobile terminal is meant here a smartphone type phone, a tablet, a PDA (Personal Digital Assistant), or any other mobile device with an operating system such as Google ® Android ® or Apple ® IOS ® and having a plurality of applications directly integrated into this operating system or downloaded and stored in a memory module.
• an operating system such as Google ® Android ® or Apple ® IOS ®
• the infotainment device 10 comprises a central unit 11 as well as display and sound diffusion means constituted respectively by a touch screen 12 and loudspeakers 13.
• the loudspeakers 13 are connected to an amplifier 14 and receive sound signals from the central unit 11 via a digital-to-analog converter 15.
• the central unit 11 manages, autonomously or via instructions transmitted by the user using the touch screen 12 and / or mechanical control members 16 such as push buttons and / or rotary dials, the operation of a plurality of functional modules connected to the infotainment device 10 such as navigation modules, ventilation / air conditioning or the audio and multimedia system.
• the central unit 11 comprises a computer 112 provided with one or more interconnected microprocessors, as well as a memory module 114 comprising non-volatile memory of EEPROM, FLASH or SSD type as well as volatile memory.
• the non-volatile memory is intended to store various types of data such as the configuration parameters of certain functional modules as well as, for example, the mapping of the road network.
• the infotainment device 10 also includes an access point 17 to a WiFi wireless local area network (Hotspot) to which the mobile terminals 20, 30, 40, 50 are connected.
• Hotspot WiFi wireless local area network
• mobile terminals 20, 30, 40, 50 connected to the wireless LAN are able to communicate with each other through a peer-to-peer media content application installed on each of them and implementing a multi-platform interoperability protocol such as the Alljoyn ® protocol developed by the Allseen Alliance ® .
• This application can either be automatically integrated with the operating system of a terminal or be downloaded to an online application market (for example, Play Store ® for Android ® or App Store ® for IOS ® ).
• the infotainment device 10 is further connected by a high-speed link 18 of the wired (USB) or wireless (Wifi) type to the mobile terminal 20. It also includes a duplication or mirroring solution in English (for example: Apple ® CarPlay ® , Google ® Android Auto ® or Mirrorlink ® ) while driving, to reproduce in real time respectively on its touch screen display 12 (with a suitable visual interface) and on its speakers 13 the display and sound generated by certain applications (including that of media content sharing mentioned above) installed on the mobile terminal 20.
• a duplication or mirroring solution in English for example: Apple ® CarPlay ® , Google ® Android Auto ® or Mirrorlink ®
• Each mobile terminal 20, 30, 40, 50 comprises at least one nonvolatile memory 21, 31, 41, 51 on which are stored media contents, including audio, digital book, photo and / or video.
• Each media content is associated with metadata containing information about that content.
• the metadata will include its name, title, author, album name, song number, recording date, and notation.
• the metadata will be different and will contain for example the name of the content, its author and the date and location of the shooting.
• Each mobile terminal 20, 30, 40, 50 is configured to establish and update in real time the list of all the media content that he and all the other mobile terminals connected to the WiFi wireless local area network host. .
• the list also contains for each media content, the indication of the mobile terminal that hosts it.
• Each mobile terminal 20, 30, 40, 50 is further configured to be able to read itself or to request reading on one or more of the other terminals of each of the media contents of the list.
• the reading is then performed directly from the memory of this terminal.
• the hosting terminal transmits it by broadcasting in continuous mode (or streaming in English) to the one responsible for reading it.
• the terminal 30 of the Smartphone type in the hands of the front passenger of the vehicle can request that media content (for example, a movie) hosted by the terminal 20 connected to the infotainment device 10 be read on the mobile terminals 40, 50 type tablets in the hands of two children sitting at the rear of the vehicle.
• media content for example, a movie
• the terminal 30 will directly transmit a request to the mobile terminal 20 hosting the requested media content and the latter will respond by sending simultaneously streaming media content to the two mobile terminals 40, 50 so that the latter read.
• the mobile terminal 40 may request that media content (for example, a piece of music) hosted by the terminal 30 be read on the terminal 20 connected to the infotainment device.
• the terminal 40 will directly transmit a request to the mobile terminal 30 hosting the requested media content and the latter will respond by simultaneously sending by streaming this media content to the mobile terminal 20 so that the latter reads it. the display and the sound of this media content are then reproduced respectively by the screen and the sound diffusion module of the infotainment device 10).
• Each mobile terminal 20, 30, 40, 50 therefore acts according to the circumstances of client or server, which allows several terminals to simultaneously read different media contents of the list (the mobile terminal 20 connected to the information device).
• entertainment 10 for example reading a musical piece broadcast via the speakers 13 of this device, while another mobile terminal located at the rear of the vehicle reads a film whose sound is broadcast by a headphone connected to this terminal).
• the mobile terminal 20 connected to the infotainment device can request, via the touch screen of the latter replicating the display of this terminal 20, that a media content (for example, a piece musical) hosted by the terminal 30 be read on the same terminal 20.
• a media content for example, a piece musical
• the terminal 20 will directly transmit a request to the mobile terminal 30 hosting the requested media content and the latter will respond by sending by streaming this media content to the mobile terminal 20 so that the latter reads (the sound this media content is then reproduced by the sound diffusion module of the infotainment device 10).
• Each mobile terminal 20, 30, 40, 50 is also able to save the history of the media contents read on each of the terminals and to propose, for those not hosted by this terminal, links to one or more platforms of download or streaming (eg, iTunes ®, Play Store ®, ® Spotify, Deezer ®, etc ..) for legally acquiring the content.
• platforms of download or streaming eg, iTunes ®, Play Store ®, ® Spotify, Deezer ®, etc ..
• the infotainment device is devoid of Wifi terminal.
• One of the mobile terminals then acts as a Wifi access point (for example by activating the connection sharing function via the parameters of its operating system) on which the other mobile terminals are connected.
• the infotainment device is devoid of duplication solution.
• the latter is then only able to reproduce via its sound broadcasting means (loudspeakers) the sound of the media contents read by the mobile terminal to which it is connected by a wired connection (for example, a USB or jack) or wireless (for example, in Bluetooth).
• a wired connection for example, a USB or jack
• wireless for example, in Bluetooth

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