Limiting distraction from in-vehicle portable devices
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- associating each of a plurality of out-of-band interfaces within a vehicle with a different user type of a plurality of user types, each of the out-of-band interfaces being designated for use in communication with a portable device of a plurality of portable devices, wherein the communication is out-of-band relative to a first wireless communication subsystem in the vehicle;
receiving a message from the portable device via a particular interface of the plurality of out-of-band interfaces, the message indicative that the portable device seeks access to the first wireless communication subsystem; and
determining a level of access to the first wireless communication subsystem to grant to the portable device, based on a user type among the plurality of user types, the user type being associated with the particular interface.
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Abstract
Disclosed is a technique for managing communications of portable devices within a vehicle through an in-vehicle router system. The in-vehicle router system includes a plurality of out-of-band interfaces used to determine a user class associated with a portable device used to manage a connection with a wireless access point. The out-of-band interface receives a query from a portable device via a first communication link. The query includes identifying information of the portable device and a request for network credentials to a second communication link with a wireless access point. A user type is determined based on a location of the out-of-band interface and a unique identifier. Network credentials associated with the determined user type are retrieved. The network credentials are provided to the portable device via the first communication link. Access to the second communication link is restricted based on the user type and/or vehicle status information.
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30 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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associating each of a plurality of out-of-band interfaces within a vehicle with a different user type of a plurality of user types, each of the out-of-band interfaces being designated for use in communication with a portable device of a plurality of portable devices, wherein the communication is out-of-band relative to a first wireless communication subsystem in the vehicle; receiving a message from the portable device via a particular interface of the plurality of out-of-band interfaces, the message indicative that the portable device seeks access to the first wireless communication subsystem; and determining a level of access to the first wireless communication subsystem to grant to the portable device, based on a user type among the plurality of user types, the user type being associated with the particular interface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method comprising:
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receiving a query from a portable device via a short range wireless interface of a plurality of short range wireless interfaces located in a vehicle, each of the plurality of short range wireless interfaces being designated for use in communication that is out-of-band relative to a first wireless communication subsystem in the vehicle, wherein at least one short range wireless interfaces is associated with a driver region of the vehicle and is associated with a driver of the vehicle; determining a user type by performing either of; in response to the query being received via the at least one short range wireless interfaces associated with the driver region, classifying the user type as a driver;
orin response to the query not being received via the at least one short range wireless interfaces associated with the driver region, classifying the user type as a passenger; retrieving network credentials associated with the user type; providing the network credentials to the portable device via the short range wireless interface; and determining a level of access to the first wireless communication subsystem to grant to the portable device, based on a user type associated with the short range wireless interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An in-vehicle router system comprising:
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a plurality of short range wireless interfaces located in a plurality of regions in a vehicle and configured to communicate with a portable device, wherein a region associated with a driver of the vehicle is among the plurality of regions; a wireless access point (AP) configured to communicate with the portable device over a wireless local access network (WLAN); and at least one processor configured to; associate each of the plurality of short range wireless interfaces with a different user type of a plurality of user types, each of the short range wireless interfaces being designated for use in communication that is out-of-band relative to a first wireless communication subsystem in the vehicle; receive a message from a portable device via a particular short range wireless interface of the plurality of short range wireless interfaces, the message indicative that the portable device seeks access to the first wireless communication subsystem; and determine a level of access to the first wireless communication subsystem to grant to the portable device, based on a user type among the plurality of user types, the user type being associated with the particular short range wireless interfaces. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. An apparatus comprising:
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a wireless communication subsystem for use within a vehicle; a plurality of out-of-band interfaces for use within the vehicle, each of the out-of-band interfaces being designated for use in communication with a portable device of a plurality of portable devices, wherein the communication is out-of-band relative to the first wireless communication subsystem in the vehicle; and at least one processor configured to; associate each of the plurality of out-of-band interfaces within the vehicle with a different user type of a plurality of user types; receive a message from the portable device via a particular interface of the plurality of out-of-band interfaces, the message indicative that the portable device seeks access to the first wireless communication subsystem; and determine a level of access to the first wireless communication subsystem to grant to the portable device, based on a user type among the plurality of user types, the user type being associated with the particular interface. - View Dependent Claims (30)
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