Exporting controls to an external device connected to a portable phone system
First Claim
1. A method for providing control commands to an external device, comprising:
- activating in a docking station a voice recognition menu;
receiving at said docking station a first audible signal;
converting said first audible signal to at least a first digital signal;
providing said at least a first digital signal to said external device;
receiving at said docking station, a second digital signal;
in response to receiving said second digital signal, selecting at least a first wireless communications device control command and formatting said at least a first wireless communications device control command according to a command protocol to create a third signal;
providing said third signal to a wireless communications device;
receiving at said docking station digital data from at least one of said external device and said wireless communications device; and
passing said digital data to at least one of said wireless communications device and said external device.
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Abstract
Wireless communications relative to a vehicle using a wireless communications device, a pocket for holding the wireless communication device and a docking station in communication with the pocket are provided. The pocket can include a processor for translating communications between the wireless communications device and the docking station. The docking station has processing capability and can communicate with different pockets and thereby different wireless communications devices. An external subsystem running an application can be interconnected to the wireless communications device via the adaptor and the docking station. In particular, the docking station provides a standardized interface that can be used to conduct communications between the external device and the docking station. In addition, the docking station provides a voice recognition function to allow a user to control the operation of an external device and/or a wireless communications device using voice commands.
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25 Claims
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1. A method for providing control commands to an external device, comprising:
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activating in a docking station a voice recognition menu;
receiving at said docking station a first audible signal;
converting said first audible signal to at least a first digital signal;
providing said at least a first digital signal to said external device;
receiving at said docking station, a second digital signal;
in response to receiving said second digital signal, selecting at least a first wireless communications device control command and formatting said at least a first wireless communications device control command according to a command protocol to create a third signal;
providing said third signal to a wireless communications device;
receiving at said docking station digital data from at least one of said external device and said wireless communications device; and
passing said digital data to at least one of said wireless communications device and said external device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for transmitting information over a wireless communications channel in response to audible commands, comprising:
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providing a docking station comprising an adaptor for interconnecting said docking station to a wireless communications device and at least a first communications interface for interconnecting said docking station to an external device;
receiving from a user a first audible command at said docking station;
converting said first audible command to a first electronic signal;
passing said first electronic signal to at least one of said adaptor and said external device;
receiving at said docking station at least a first communications channel control command;
in said docking station, translating said at least a first communications channel control command into at least a first application programming interface command;
passing said at least a first application programming interface command to said adaptor;
in said adaptor, translating said at least a first application programming interface command into at least a first corresponding wireless communications device control command selected from a group of wireless communications device control commands; and
providing said at least a first wireless communications device control command to said wireless communications device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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18. An apparatus for providing a wireless communications channel and voice command capabilities to an external device, comprising:
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an adaptor for interconnecting to a wireless communications device capable of transmitting data over a wireless communications channel, wherein aspects of the operation of said wireless communications device may be controlled using wireless communications device control commands selected from at least a first set of wireless communications device control commands; and
a docking station interconnected to said external device and to said adaptor, wherein a first voice command received from a user is converted to a first external device control command and is provided to said external device, wherein a second external device control command selected from at least a first set of external device control commands received from said external device is passed from said docking station to said adaptor, and wherein said second external device control command is translated into at least a first wireless communications device control command selected from said at least a first set of wireless communications device control commands.
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