Sony Ericsson developing geo-tagging location based search for music.
Rating: God Save the Queen to all arrivals at Heathrow?????
According to a piece on the Dialaphone blog Sony Ericsson have patented a system entitled Location Dependant Music Search.
The patent says the following:
A portable device may perform a location dependent music search. During the search, the portable device determines location information that identifies a location of the portable device, makes a request that includes the location information to a database, obtains a list of music sources associated with the location information from the database as a result of a search performed based on the request, selects a music source from the list, and outputs an audio signal associated with the selected music source.
Many people associate a physical location or a place to songs or pieces of music. In visiting or arriving at the place, they may remember the songs or the pieces of music and wish to hear them. They may also appreciate being supplied, automatically or after a request, information about the songs or pieces of music associated with the place.
According to one aspect, a method may comprise determining location information that identifies a location of a portable device, making a request that includes the location information to a database, obtaining a list of music sources associated with the location information from the database as a result of a search performed based on the request, selecting a music source from the list, and outputting an audio signal associated with the selected music source.
We Say: I would have thought this would be quite easy for Sony Ericsson to implement this feature on their current handsets via GPS. What this would be extremely useful for is education or city tours, music just maybe.
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