The present invention relates to a system (1) configured to select a portion of a virtual scenario (S1v,S2v) during the movement of a vehicle (V) within a geographical area of interest (A). Said system (1) is capable of obtaining information associated with the vehicle (V) regarding the position, the rotation with respect to the x, y, z axes of a reference system associated with the vehicle itself, as well as the heading, and applying this information to a virtual geographical area (Av) associated with said geographical area of interest (A), so that each movement of the vehicle (V) in the geographical area of interest (A) corresponds to a respective movement in the virtual geographical area (Av). In this way, the viewing of a virtual scenario (S1V, S2V) changes according to the movement of the vehicle. The present invention relates also to a vehicle (V) comprising said system, as well as to a method for selecting a portion of a virtual scenario during the movement of a vehicle (V) within a geographical area of interest (A) by means of said system.

A system and corresponding method for automated editing of multiple video streams includes a computer-implemented method of obtaining multiple video data streams from a plurality of video sources, each video source associated with a moving device from a plurality of moving devices. The locations of the moving devices relative to each other are monitored. The video data streams are processed into a single integrated video file. The processing includes determining a preferred video source for viewing based on a location of a moving device relative to other moving devices, and then switching the preferred video source based on a triggering event relative to the locations of the moving devices relative to each other. A single integrated video file is output to be provided to a viewer or automatically posted to a cloud-based service for storage and distribution.

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining, over a first mobile network, first media content from a media content server, and detecting a travel route associated with the communication device. Further embodiments can include identifying a group of mobile networks associated with the travel route in which the group of mobile networks comprise the first mobile network. Additional embodiments can include determining a network condition associated with a second mobile network of the group of mobile networks, and identifying a portion of the travel route associated with the network condition. Also, embodiments can include adjusting the obtaining of the first media content from the media content server according to the network condition. Other embodiments are disclosed.

A data storage system for providing entertainment content to terminal devices in a passenger vehicle is provided to comprise: a first group of terminal devices configured to operate as storage nodes of a storage cluster configured to provide the entertainment content to media playback devices disposed in the passenger vehicle, the entertainment content including one or more entertainment programs and the storage nodes configured to store blocks of the one or more entertainment programs; a second group of terminal devices configured to operate as monitor nodes in the storage cluster, the monitor nodes configured to monitor status of the storage nodes; and a host in communication with the first group and the second group of the terminal devices via an in-vehicle network and configured to store metadata for the storage cluster and facilitate delivery of the entertainment content from the first group of terminal devices to the media playback devices.

A Mobile Lawyer system includes a 360 degree HD video camera configured for mounting on a vehicle; a display screen configured for mounting inside the passenger compartment of a vehicle; and a Mobile Lawyer App downloaded and installed on a mobile telephone in communication with the video camera and display screen, configured, upon command from a user, to notify an attorney located remotely via a cellular and/or computer network, and to display a video image of the remote attorney on the display screen (or the screen of the mobile telephone), and to live-stream a 360 degree video captured by the video camera to the Internet for viewing by the remote attorney and for cloud storage. The introduction of a lawyer on-demand into a police encounter can help to defuse and de-escalate the situation. The lawyer can serve as a live observer, witness, and intermediary who can provide live legal guidance to the user.

Aspects of the disclosure provide for a method. In some examples, the method includes receiving a video stream comprising multiple frames, analyzing the video stream to compare data values representing an image pixel at a specified location in a first of the frames to data values representing an image pixel at the specified location in a second of the frames, determining that the video stream is frozen responsive to the data values representing the image pixel at the specified location in the first of the frames being the same as the data values representing the image pixel at the specified location in the second of the frames, and taking action responsive to determining that the video stream is frozen.

Methods, systems, and apparatuses for presentation of advertising content during presentation of media content and based on data collected from vehicle sensors and a mobile device. Media content, such as stored songs, podcasts, or videos, may be presented to a user. Sensor data corresponding to operation of a vehicle may be collected, and a risk score based on operation of the vehicle may be determined. Based on the risk score, an advertising tier may be determined. The scope of media content available to a user and the frequency of presentation of advertising content during presentation of such media content may be based on the risk score. For example, safe driving behaviors may result in rewards which permit access to more media content, and/or safe driving behaviors may result in fewer advertisements being presented to a user on an in-vehicle display.

There is disclosed a streaming technique in which a distributed playback, DP, master device receives a media stream from a content provider and transmits the media stream to a plurality of DP client devices. The DP master device may follow different policies. In case one DP client device has not a level of security sufficient for a particular quality, one policy provides that the stream is degraded, while another policy provides that the stream is to be transmitted by a content provider at a reduced quality.

Technologies are disclosed herein for selecting one or more content instances of a plurality of content instances for display on a head unit of a vehicle. The content instances correspond to a location of a vehicle and are received by the head unit. The head unit obtains vehicle specific information from memory of the head unit. Based on the vehicle specific information, the head unit selects the one or more content instances using a set of criteria for determining which, if any, content instances to display. Selection of the one or more content instances using the set of criteria may involve consideration of information associated with individual instances of the plurality of content instances. The selected one or more content instances are displayed on a display of the head unit.

The present disclosure discloses a content delivery method and system through an in-vehicle network based on regional content popularity, and in particular relates to the technical field of in-vehicle networks. For a content library corresponding to a target region and each target vehicle in the target region, each target vehicle responds to content objects in the content library. Based on each content object in the content library corresponding to the target region and a data eigenvalue of a preset data type corresponding to each content object, for each target vehicle in the target region that receives a data screening request, in response to the data screening request, content objects that match the data screening request are obtained and scheduled. A set of data screening requests responded to by each target vehicle is obtained by constructing a utility function.