This W910 will even more cool with SE new technology.

We all know that Sony Ericsson is “the inventor” of Shake music control via their W or Walkman Series like W580i or W910i. With this feature, users are able to change the song by shaking, rattling or rolling it. And now, I want to predict that one more cool feature will be get into the list.

What is that? Something called LOCATION DEPENDENT MUSIC SEARCH. A technology which Sony Ericsson itself have registered it into US Patent and Trademark Office at May 8, 2008.

Here is a simple explanation based on its patent abstract:

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.

If you still don’t get it with description up there, please continue to read this paragraphs from patent content:

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.

Someday, every place will have their own soundtrack ….

Wow, I definitely know what Sony Ericsson trying to do with this technology. Perhaps, if I were in Tokyo, Japan (with my Walkman Phone of course) then I might been offered with Utada Hikaru’s hit single “First Love“, and after I come back to Yogyakarta, Indonesia Sony Ericsson would offered me a single by local artist entitle “Cinta Pertama“.

Yummmy, I think this is gonna be cool. Shake control, mood detection, and this brand new location-based dependent music search. Perfect three isn’t? Absolutely!

Source: Dial-O-Phone via Crunch Mobile (thanks for Patrick and Doug)

Image courtesy of Dial-O-Phone | Reg Hardware

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 Print Posted by Wim Permana on May 13th, 2008