METHOD OF USING A SMART PHONE AS A TELEMATICS DEVICE INTERFACE
First Claim
1. A method of controlling a vehicle telematics unit, comprising the steps of:
- (a) storing a software application for remotely controlling a vehicle telematics unit at a smart phone;
(b) using the stored software application to communicatively connect the smart phone with the vehicle telematics unit via a short-range wireless communication link;
(c) receiving data from the vehicle telematics unit that is used to display a menu of telematics service selections at the smart phone;
(d) receiving a telematics service selection from a vehicle occupant at the smart phone that is chosen from one of the displayed telematics service selections; and
(e) transmitting a command that controls at least one function of the vehicle based on the received telematics service selection from the smart phone to the vehicle telematics unit over the short-range wireless communication link.
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Abstract
A system and method for controlling a vehicle telematics unit via a smart phone using the steps of: storing a software application for remotely controlling the telematics unit at the smart phone; using the stored software application to communicatively connect the smart phone with the telematics unit via a short-range wireless communication link; receiving data from the telematics unit that is used to display a menu of telematics service selections at the smart phone; receiving a telematics service selection from a vehicle occupant at the smart phone that is chosen from one of the displayed telematics service selections; and transmitting a command that controls at least one function of the vehicle based on the received telematics service selection from the smart phone to the telematics unit over the short-range wireless communication link.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of controlling a vehicle telematics unit, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing a software application for remotely controlling a vehicle telematics unit at a smart phone; (b) using the stored software application to communicatively connect the smart phone with the vehicle telematics unit via a short-range wireless communication link; (c) receiving data from the vehicle telematics unit that is used to display a menu of telematics service selections at the smart phone; (d) receiving a telematics service selection from a vehicle occupant at the smart phone that is chosen from one of the displayed telematics service selections; and (e) transmitting a command that controls at least one function of the vehicle based on the received telematics service selection from the smart phone to the vehicle telematics unit over the short-range wireless communication link. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of controlling a vehicle telematics unit, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting the presence of a smart phone that includes software capable of remotely controlling a vehicle telematics unit via a short-range wireless communication link between the vehicle telematics unit and the smart phone; (b) transmitting vehicle data capable of display on the smart phone over the short-range wireless communication link from the vehicle telematics unit to the smart phone; (c) receiving a telematics service command that is in response to vehicle data displayed at the smart phone via the short-range wireless communication link from a vehicle occupant using the smart phone; and (d) controlling one or more vehicle functions using the received telematics service command sent from the smart phone. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of controlling a vehicle telematics unit, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing software at a smart phone for remotely controlling vehicle functions using a Bluetooth RFCOMM protocol over a short-range wireless communication link between a vehicle telematics unit and the smart phone; (b) transmitting vehicle data for generating a telematics service menu offering telematics service commands on the display of the smart phone from the vehicle telematics unit to the smart phone via the short-range wireless communication link; (c) receiving the selection of one of the telematics service commands made by a vehicle occupant at the smart phone; (d) transmitting the selected telematics service command to the vehicle telematics unit via the short-range wireless communication link; and (e) controlling one or more vehicle functions based on the transmitted telematics service command using the vehicle telematics unit. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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