METHOD OF SHARING INFORMATION OF A MOBILE TERMINAL FOR INTERWORKING BETWEEN AN IN-VEHICLE INFOTAINMENT SYSTEM AND THE MOBILE TERMINAL

• US 20160028870A1
• Filed: 07/22/2015
• Published: 01/28/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: LEE, Minhun, OH, Soohwan
• Application Number:
  US14/806,421
• Publication Number:
  US 20160028870A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724098 Interfacing with an on-board device of a vehicle for hands-free speaking in vehicles H04M1/6075

Abstract

A method of controlling a mobile terminal, and which includes connecting the mobile terminal to an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system of a vehicle through a prescribed protocol; and transmitting a device configuration information related to a service provided by the mobile terminal to the IVI system of the vehicle, wherein the device configuration information includes information on a key button and a UI key button provided by the mobile terminal.

Claims

1. A method of controlling a mobile terminal, the method comprising:

connecting the mobile terminal to an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system of a vehicle through a prescribed protocol; and

transmitting a device configuration information related to a service provided by the mobile terminal to the IVI system of the vehicle,

wherein the device configuration information includes information on a key button and a UI key button provided by the mobile terminal.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information on the UI key button includes a list of UI key buttons provided by the mobile terminal.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the information on the UI key button includes an element indicating whether a corresponding UI key button should be provided on the IVI of the vehicle, as a subordinate information of the information on the key button and the UI key button.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the element indicating Whether the corresponding UI key button is provided has a value set as a flag.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the IVI system of the vehicle is connected to the mobile terminal through a USB connection, and

wherein the prescribed protocol comprises MirrorLink technology protocol.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the device configuration information comprises TmServerDevice.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the IVI does not provide an additional corresponding UI key button for the UI key button included in the information received from the mobile terminal.

8. A method of controlling an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system of a vehicle the method comprising:

connecting the system to a mobile terminal through a prescribed protocol;

receiving device configuration information related to a service provided by the mobile terminal from the mobile terminal; and

providing a UI for the service to the mobile terminal in response to the received device configuration information,

wherein the device configuration information includes information on a key button and a UI key button provided by the mobile terminal.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information on the UI key button includes a list of UI key buttons provided with the UI.

10. The method of claim 8, wherein the information on the UI key button includes an element indicating whether a corresponding UI key button should be provided on the IVI of the vehicle, as a subordinate information of the information on the key button and the UI key button.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the element indicating whether the corresponding UI key button is provided has a value set as a flag.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the IVI system of the vehicle is connected to the mobile terminal through a USB connection, and

wherein the prescribed protocol comprises MirrorLink technology protocol.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the device configuration information comprises TmServerDevice.

14. The method of claim 8, wherein the IVI does not provide a corresponding UI key button included in the information received from the mobile terminal.

15. A mobile terminal, comprising:

a USB connection configured to connect the mobile terminal to an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system of a vehicle through a prescribed protocol; and

a controller configured to transmit a device configuration information related to a service provided by the mobile terminal to the IVI system of the vehicle,

wherein the device configuration information includes information on a key button and a UI key button provided by the mobile terminal.

16. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the information on the UI key button includes a list of UI key buttons provided by the mobile terminal.

17. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the information on the UI key button includes an element indicating whether a corresponding UI key button should be provided on the IVI of the vehicle, as a subordinate information of the information on the key button and the UI key button.

18. The mobile terminal of claim 17, wherein the element indicating whether the corresponding UI key button is provided has a value set as a flag.

19. The mobile terminal of claim 15, wherein the IVI system of the vehicle is connected to the mobile terminal through a USB connection, and

wherein the prescribed protocol comprises MirrorLink technology protocol.

20. The mobile terminal of claim 19, wherein the device configuration information comprises TmServerDevice.