EUROPEAN TELEMATICS & ITS: Vision of connected entertainment

Table of Contents

1. Executive summary

• 1.1 Introduction to the Audio & Video research stream
• 1.2 Introduction to this report
• 1.3 Key findings

2. Introducing the vision

• 2.1 The shift from physical storage to the Internet cloud
• 2.2 Current automotive trends
• 2.3 Connecting the car to the cloud
• 2.4 Structure of the report

3. Content owned by the user ~ home trends

• 3.1 Introduction
• 3.2 Understanding the needs of the customer
• 3.3 Synchronisation and copying
• 3.4 Networked storage and streaming
  • 3.4.1. In the home
  • 3.4.2. On the Internet

4. Content owned by the user ~ automotive trends

• 4.1 Introduction
• 4.2 Synchronisation
• 4.3 Networked storage and streaming
  • 4.3.1. Downloads on request
  • 4.3.2. A streaming connection

5. Content not owned by the user

• 5.1 Introduction
• 5.2 Adding range - Internet radio
• 5.3 Internet radio at home
• 5.4 Internet radio on portable devices
• 5.5 Internet radio in the car
  • 5.5.1. Managing the user interface

6. Content on-demand

• 6.1 Current solutions
• 6.2 Future use of cars
• 6.3 Connected entertainment after 2020

List of figures

• Figure 1. The shift from physical storage to the cloud
• Figure 2. Comparion of wireless communication technologies
• Figure 3. Layout of networked home entertainment system
• Figure 4. Overview of typical cloud storage architecture
• Figure 5. Track download on request
• Figure 6. Streaming media to the car
• Figure 7. Concept of an autonomous car - the Autonomobile