CN101212229A - Automatic optional tuning options for providing media channel - Google Patents
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The invention provides a portable communication device (100) and a method (300) of automatic and optional tuning options of a media channel which can be received by the portable communication device (100). The method (300) starts up (302) an operation mode of the media channel of the portable communication device (100) and determines (303) a current position of the portable communication device (100). The determination is automatically realized to respond to the starting up (302). After that, a memory module (133) of the media channel of the portable communication device (100) is automatically searched (304), so as to automatically identify a group of pre-selected media channel related to the current position. The method (300) provides (311) automatic and optional tuning options to control a receiver of the media channel of the portable communication device, wherein, the group of pre-selected media channel is separated from other available media channels by the optional tuning options.
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Technical field
The present invention relates generally to select the method and the portable communication device of media channel.The present invention can be used for but not necessarily is confined to provide the optional tuning options of the locational one group of preliminary election media channel of specific geography.
Background technology
Can receive to have usually and have a plurality of channels or radio station preset electronic tuner from the portable electronic commnication device of the media content of media channel broadcasting.Usually, the user by be tuned to required channel, press required preset button then and keep a bit of time, stored this channel that presets (radio station) up to confirmation signal indication portable communication device, store the required channel that presets.
When an address area drives to another geographic area, the user has just lost it and has preset the convenience of channel.When the driver had exceeded the scope that presets channel, the radio station began decline, essential manufal tuning.When the user arrives destination away from its attributed region, he presets the channel of can selecting to rearrange, but the shortcoming done like this be deleted storage before him preset information (promptly, with its attributed region corresponding those), like this, when the driver turned back to its attributed region, he must do the whole process that a layout is preset again.This is very inconvenience, especially for the user who often drives to beyond the attributed region that can receive the radio station that they like.Therefore, when the user drives to the geographic area of one or more frequent visits and when the geographic area of one or more frequent visits drives to their ownership geographic area from their ownership geographic area, if they need not repeatedly to preset or search for their channel required or that like, that is very useful.
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In order to make easy to understand of the present invention and specifically to be implemented, introduce one exemplary embodiment of the present invention referring now to accompanying drawing, wherein, identical Reference numeral is represented identical or intimate element from start to finish in each view.These accompanying drawings comprise in this manual and form the part of this specification with following detailed, and be used for further illustration according to embodiments of the invention and the explanation according to various principle and advantages of the present invention, in the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 is the block diagram according to portable communication device of the present invention;
Fig. 2 representative is stored in according to the media channel tabulation tree in the media channel memory module of the portable communication device of Fig. 1 of the present invention; With
Fig. 3 illustration method according to the automatic optional tuning options of the receivable media channel of portable communication device of Fig. 1 of the present invention is provided.
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Meet in detailed description before the specific embodiment of the principle of the invention, should be noted that these embodiment mainly are present among the combination of method step relevant with portable communication device with the method for selecting media channel and portable communication device parts (module or unit).So, suitably represent portable communication device parts and method step by conventional symbols in the accompanying drawings, these accompanying drawings only illustrate those specific detail relevant with understanding embodiments of the invention, so that present disclosure can not buried among conspicuous details for the those of ordinary skills that are benefited from the description that provides here.
In presents, the term of the expression relation such as first and second may only be used for an entity or action are separated with another entity or active region, and may not require or hint any such actual relationship or order between these entities or the action.Term " comprises ", " comprising ", " by ... form " or their any other variant be intended to contain non-exclusive comprising, or comprise as much as possible, for example, the method or the device that comprise a series of elements not only comprise those elements, and can comprise clearly do not list or these methods or install other intrinsic element.The front adds the element of " comprising ", is not having under the situation of more restrictions, is not precluded within the method that comprises this element or the device to have other similar elements.
According to an aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of method that the automatic optional tuning options of the receivable media channel of portable communication device is provided, this method comprises: the media channel operator scheme that starts portable communication device; Determine the current location of portable communication device, this determines to be what the described startup of response realized automatically; Automatically search for the media channel memory module of portable communication device, so that discern the one group of preliminary election media channel that is associated with current location automatically; With automatic optional tuning options is provided so that control portable communication device the media channel receiver, wherein, optional tuning options separates described one group of preliminary election media channel and all other useable medium channel region in the current location.
According to another aspect of the present invention, provide a kind of portable communication device, comprised: processor, be used for input signal in response to request media channel operator scheme, determine the current location of portable communication device automatically; Media channel receiver with the processor coupling is used to receive a plurality of media channels that are associated with the current location of portable communication device; Media channel memory module with the processor coupling, the data of the frequency of one group of preliminary election media channel that this media channel memory module can storaging mark be associated with current location, wherein, processor is searching media channel memory module automatically, so that discern described one group of preliminary election media channel, with automatic optional tuning options is provided, so that the media channel receiver of control portable communication device, wherein, optional tuning options separates described one group of preliminary election media channel and all other useable medium channel region in the current location.
In the accompanying drawings, the similar Reference numeral on the different graphic is used to represent similar element or action from start to finish in specification.With reference to Fig. 1, Fig. 1 illustration portable communication device 100, portable communication device 100 comprises communication module 101, media channel receiver 102, scan module 103 and processor 104.Portable communication device 100 can be any portable communication device as radio telephone, portable radio or laptop computer usually.
Radio frequency communications unit 101 is receiver and the transmitter component with common antenna 106.Radio frequency communications unit 101 has by the transceiver 107 of radio frequency amplifier 108 with antenna 106 couplings.Transceiver 107 also with the modulator/demodulator assembly 109 of communication unit 101 with processor 104 couplings is coupled.
Media channel used herein refers to wireless signal, any other modulation signal of the information of normally frequency modulation (FM) radio signal, or transmission as news, music, advertisement, video flowing and television program etc.Media channel receiver 102 has second antenna 110, RF amplifier and programmable filter 111, receiver 112, demodulator 113 and amplifier 114.
Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) card operationally with 124 couplings of SIM interface, and static programmable memory 123 and SIM card the two can store selected input of text messages, call history and telephone number database (TND or telephone directory book) (not shown) or the like.TND comprises one or more records, and similar to phone directory.The independent record of each of TND comprises a plurality of fields at least, for example, and about the name field of the number field of telephone number and the identifier that is associated with each number in the number field respectively.For example, the exemplary record in the TND can comprise the identifier " Steven C at work " in numerical value " 91999111111 " and the name field relevant with above-mentioned numerical value in the number field.In another embodiment, static programmable memory 123 and SIM card the two can also password stored, thereby help one or more password protection functions on the secure access portable communication device 100.
Static programmable memory 123 comprises media channel memory module 133, the data of the frequency of one group of preliminary election media channel that media channel memory module 133 storaging marks are associated with the current location of portable communication device 100.One group of preliminary election media channel that these data help identification automatically to be associated with the current location of portable communication device 100.
Fig. 2 representative is stored in the media channel tabulation tree 200 in the media channel memory module 133.Tree 200 has the root node 202 of directly hanging the variable geographical position node (GLN) of quantity.Shown in media channel tabulation tree 200, there are three GLN, one is that 204, one in Beijing is that Shanghai 206 and another are Toulouscs 208.Each GLN has the variable lists of links 203 of a cell identifier that is associated, and each GLN directly hangs the variable media channel type node (MCTN) of quantity.Specifically, hanging under GLN Beijing 204 is three MCTN, and they are AM radio channel 212, FM radio channel 214 and television channel 216.Each MCTN directly hangs the variable media channel identifier node (MCIN) of quantity.Specifically, hanging under the MCTN FM radio channel 214 is three MCIN of sign channel (or radio station), and these channels are Chinese radio station 222 (with 91.5MHz broadcasting), Beijing Music Radio 224 (with 97.4MHz broadcasting) and Beijing traffic platform 226 (with 103.9MHz broadcasting).Each MCIN has associated frequency code identifier (FCI) 228, and FCI 228 comprises the address location as the pointer of the address in the sign scan module 103 usually.
Operationally, as shown in Figure 3, portable communication device 100 is carried out the method 300 of the automatic optional tuning options that portable communication device 100 receivable media channels are provided.Depend on media content type, the media content that media channel provides can utilize communications speaker 130, display module 125, external loudspeaker and microphone port 131 or conspicuous for the person of ordinary skill of the art other port or module to be provided on the communication equipment 100 and (play on communication equipment 100 or demonstration).
At first, in piece 301, as well-known in the prior art, open the power supply of portable communication device 100, and portable communication device 100 base station that covers a sub-district (current area position) by identification is implemented to the registration of communication network.Then, in piece 302, in response to the selection that the user does by the key that activates on the keypad 105, method 300 starts the medium type or the media channel operator scheme of portable communication device 100.Medium type operator scheme (selecting the key from keypad 105) can be selected the medium such as the content of broadcasting by AM radio, FM radio, video flowing, TV Channel Transmission etc.Then, in piece 303, automatically perform the process of the current location of determining portable communication device 100, this is determined to be in response to the startup of carrying out and realizes automatically in piece 302.The current location of portable communication device 100 determines that by the obtaining communication unit 102 current processors 104 that are registered to the current area position on the network wherein, the current area position has unique cell identification symbol (UCI) in network.
In piece 304, the media channel memory module 133 of method 300 search portable communication devices 100 is so that discern the one group of preliminary election media channel that is associated with the current location of portable communication device 100 automatically.More particularly, the automatic searching media channel list tree 200 of method 300, the variable lists of links 203 of search cell identifier at first attempts to find out the cell identifier with the UCI coupling of current area position.
Usually, the cell identifier of existence coupling was visited current subdistrict position before meaning portable communication device 100 in the variable lists of links 203 of cell identifier.On the contrary, in the variable lists of links 203 of cell identifier, do not have the cell identifier of coupling not visit current subdistrict position before meaning portable communication device 100, or the user does not wish this current area location storage is set in 200 in the media channel tabulation.Therefore, in piece 305, test, whether be stored in the UCI that determines sign current area position in the variable lists of links 203 of cell identifier of media channel tabulation tree 200.If the UCI of current area position is stored in the variable lists of links 203 of cell identifier, so, by display module 125 prompting users, the request user selects the automatic tuning option or skips (override) automatic tuning option method 300 in piece 306.Like this, the request user selects one of these two options by input appropriate command on keypad 105.In piece 307, select one of these two options to test in response to the user, if the user has selected to skip the automatic tuning option, so, method 300 is carried out scanning and storing process selectively in piece 308.
Be not stored in the variable lists of links 203 of cell identifier the scanning in the execution block 308 and storing process selectively if in piece 305, determine the UCI of current area position yet.Scanning and selectively storing process be well-known, wherein,, make the user can preview each available video stream channel or television channel or radio station or other broadcast media content by scan module 103 control media channel receivers 102.Then, the user can select temporarily channel or frequency of radio station to be stored in the scan module 103, and to be convenient to selection, wherein, each temporary transient memory channel or frequency of radio station can be selected by the program options button on the keypad 105.In piece 309, test, the user can select the channel or the frequency of radio station " forever " of storage temporarily are stored in the media channel memory module (MCSM) 133, if the user has selected storage, so, in piece 310, the channel of storage temporarily or frequency of radio station " forever " are stored in media channel tabulation set in the appropriate frequency code identifier (FCI) 228 (being associated) in 200 with particular media type or media channel operator scheme.In addition, if desired, UCI is stored in the variable lists of links 203 of cell identifier.Then, if or in test block 309, channel or frequency of radio station " forever " that the user has selected will temporarily not store are stored in the media channel memory module 133, method 300 is carried out tuner operation in piece 312.
When carrying out tuner operation, in piece 310, be stored in the address that the frequency codes identifier (FCI) 228 in the media channel tabulation tree 200 is used in reference in scan module 103.Those of ordinary skill in the art should be understood that if tuner operation is at the channel of temporary transient storage or frequency of radio station, so, and the address that similar frequency codes identifier (FCI) 228 points in the scan modules 103.Therefore, scan module 103 sends required code, so as with media channel receiver 102 be tuned in the preselected channel desired, that select that.
Turn back to piece 307, if the user selects not skip the automatic tuning option, so, method 300 provides automatic optional tuning options in piece 311, so that the media channel receiver 102 of control portable communication device 100, wherein, optional tuning options separates other useable medium channel region of a group of preliminary election media channel and all in the current location.This group preliminary election media channel is a subclass of all useable medium channels of the specific media channels type that is associated with current location.Optional tuning options is presented at the channel name on the display module 125 usually, and identification is used to select the relative keys of the channel expected on the keypad 105.Then, the user can select one of this group preliminary election media channel.For example, if the current area position is in Beijing, and medium type or media channel operator scheme are the FM radio, so, optional tuning options shows below preselected channel on display module 125, and suitable keypad 105 keys are selected identifier: Chinese radio station 222 (with 91.5MHz broadcasting), Beijing Music Radio 224 (with 97.4MHz broadcasting) and Beijing traffic platform 226 (with 103.9MHz broadcasting).
After piece 311, method 300 is carried out tuner operation in piece 312, and wherein, the address in the scan module 103 is pointed in selected that the address location of appropriate frequency code identifier (FCI) 228 in the preselected channel.Therefore, scan module 103 sends required code, so as with media channel receiver 102 be tuned in the preselected channel desired, that select that.
Should be appreciated that the user at any time can add preliminary election media channel, cell identifier in the media channel tabulation tree 200 or with its deletion at least.Advantageously, the invention provides as the user and drive to one or more frequent visit geographic areas from their ownership geographic area and when the geographic area of one or more frequent visits drives to their ownership geographic area, be easy to identification and optional one group of preliminary election media channel (the normally channel that they like in specific geographic region) on the equipment.For the person of ordinary skill of the art, apparent, the current location of portable communication device 100 can be definite by removing above-mentioned other method and hardware those.For example, processor 104 can obtain current location by the related system database of global positioning system (GPS) technology and all gps coordinates of listing the UCI covering.These UCI are not necessarily identical with the UCI of sub-district in the communication network, and in theory, these UCI will cover the zone more much bigger than network cell.But as conspicuous for the person of ordinary skill of the art, system database can be visited by network cell or by GPS usually.
Should be realized that, embodiments of the invention described here can be made up of the instruction of one or more conventional processors or unique program stored, thus control one or processor realize helping selecting to be used in a plurality of FM radio set channels in the portable communication device described here method and apparatus some, most of or all functions.Non-processor circuit can including but not limited to radio frequency amplifier, with software definition or hard-wired transceiver, modulator/demodulator, signal driver, clock circuit, power circuit and user's I/O portable communication device.Like this, above-mentioned functions is appreciated that into the step that selection is used in the method for a plurality of FM radio set channels in the portable electronic commnication device.Perhaps, some or all of functions can realize by the limited or unlimited state machine (being sometimes referred to as automaton) that does not conform to stored program instruction, or realize that in one or more application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC)s (ASIC) wherein, some combinations of every kind of function or some function are realized as the customized logic unit.But, can not deny being used in combination of two kinds of means.Therefore, the method and apparatus that is used for these functions has been described here.And, can expect, up duration, fund, manpower, current techniques and economic consideration etc. influence although energy that may be a large amount of and many design alternatives for example are subjected to, but when being subjected to the guiding of notion disclosed herein and principle, those of ordinary skill in the art can be easily by means of such software instruction and program and the making IC of MIN explanation establishment.
In the explanation in front, specific embodiment of the present invention has been described.But those of ordinary skill in the art should be realized that, can make various modifications and change to it, and not depart from the spirit and scope of the present invention and appended claims.So these explanations and figure are considered to exemplary, rather than restricted, all such modifications all comprise within the scope of the present invention.This benefit, advantage, to the solution of problem with may make any benefit, advantage or the solution of problem is occurred or the more obvious any key element that becomes all should not be construed the key of any or all claim, essential or essential characteristic or key element.The claims of any modification that the present invention is only done by be included in the application period of examination the and all equivalents of claim limit.
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1. method that the automatic optional tuning options of the receivable media channel of portable communication device is provided, this method comprises:
Start the media channel operator scheme of portable communication device;
Determine the current location of portable communication device, this determines to be in response to, and described setting up procedure realizes automatically;
Automatically search for the media channel memory module of portable communication device, so that discern the one group of preliminary election media channel that is associated with current location automatically; With
Automatic optional tuning options is provided, so that the media channel receiver of control portable communication device, wherein, optional tuning options separates described one group of preliminary election media channel and all other useable medium channel region in the current location.
2. method according to claim 1, wherein, the step of determining the current location of portable communication device is to realize automatically.
3. method according to claim 2, wherein, described one group of preliminary election media channel is a subclass of all useable medium channels of being associated with current location.
4. method according to claim 1, wherein, before automatic optional tuning options was provided, the prompting user selected or skips automatic optional tuning options.
5. portable communication device comprises:
Processor is used for the input signal in response to request media channel operator scheme, determines the current location of portable communication device automatically;
Media channel receiver with the processor coupling is used to receive a plurality of media channels that are associated with the current location of portable communication device;
With the media channel memory module of processor coupling, the data of the frequency of one group of preliminary election media channel that this media channel memory module can storaging mark be associated with current location, wherein, this processor can:
Automatically searching media channel memory module, so as to discern one group of preliminary election media channel and
Automatic optional tuning options is provided, so that the media channel receiver of control portable communication device, wherein, optional tuning options separates described one group of preliminary election media channel and all other useable medium channel region in the current location.
6. portable communication device according to claim 5, wherein, the determining of the current location of portable communication device is to realize automatically.
7. portable communication device according to claim 6, wherein, described one group of preliminary election media channel is a subclass of all useable medium channels of being associated with current location.
8. portable communication device according to claim 5, wherein, before automatic optional tuning options was provided, the prompting user selected or skips automatic optional tuning options.
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