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Connection management of smart devices with automobile head unit

  • US 10,356,093 B2
  • Filed: 04/10/2018
  • Issued: 07/16/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method to establish a network connection between a head unit of an automobile and a mobile device, comprising:

  • sending, from the mobile device to the head unit, a request to pair the mobile device prior to an establishment of a short range wireless connection between the mobile device and the head unit;

    receiving, at the mobile device, identification of the head unit solely in response to the pairing request, without requiring user interaction with a user interface of the head unit;

    displaying, by the mobile device, the identification of the head unit to a user of the mobile device;

    receiving, at the mobile device, a selection of the head unit from the user of the mobile device;

    in response to the user selecting the head unit, sending pairing information for the mobile device to the head unit;

    receiving, from the head unit, a request for authorization to disconnect an already connected mobile device that is using a same short range wireless protocol as the short range wireless connection between the mobile device and the head unit;

    in response to receiving input at the mobile device with the authorization, sending the authorization from the mobile device to the head unit to cause the head unit to disconnect the already connected mobile device; and

    in response to the mobile device being paired with the head unit based on the pairing information for the mobile device, without requiring user interaction with the user interface of the head unit, and the establishment of the short range wireless connection between the mobile device and the head unit, receiving, at the mobile device, a pairing-completion indication from the head unit.

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