AUGMENTED PERSONAL DEVICE USER INTERFACE AND NOTIFICATION

• US 20170118321A1
• Filed: 10/22/2015
• Published: 04/27/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/22/2015
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Buttolo, Pietro, Tokish, Stephen Ronald, Rankin, II, James Stewart, Salter, Stuart C.
• Application Number:
  US14/920,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20170118321A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72415 for remote control of appliances
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A memory of a personal device may store preferences of a user. A processor of the personal device may be programmed to scan, using a wireless transceiver, for in-vehicle components located within a seating zone of a vehicle in which the personal device is located, identify features of the in-vehicle components, and provide feedback to the user of a notification, using at least one of the in-vehicle components, based on the preferences and features of the in-vehicle components. An in-vehicle component may identify a user request to invoke an augmented user interface for a personal device located in a seating zone of a vehicle; activate a vehicle component interface application of the personal device responsive to the user request; and send, to the vehicle component interface application, address information and authentication information of in-vehicle components in the seating zone providing the augmented user interface to the vehicle component interface application.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a personal device including

a wireless transceiver;

a memory storing preferences of a user; and

a processor, programmed to

scan, using the transceiver, for in-vehicle components of a seating zone of a vehicle in which the personal device is located,

identify available features of the in-vehicle components, and

provide feedback to the user of a notification, using at least one of the in-vehicle components, based on the preferences and the available features.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the preferences include a first set of preferences descriptive of feedback to provide to the user when the notification is in response to receiving a communication to the personal device, and a second set of preferences descriptive of feedback to provide to the user when the notification is in response to identifying an upcoming event by the personal device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to identify the available features of the in-vehicle components located within the seating zone of the vehicle according to type information advertised by the in-vehicle components.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle components located within the seating zone of the vehicle include a speaker in-vehicle component, and the processor is further programmed to mirror audio output of the personal device to the speaker in-vehicle component.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle components located within the seating zone of the vehicle include a display in-vehicle component, and the processor is further programmed to mirror display output of the personal device to the display in-vehicle component.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the in-vehicle components located within the seating zone of the vehicle include a keyboard in-vehicle component, and the processor is further programmed to receive user input to the keyboard in-vehicle component as user input to the personal device.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the processor is further programmed to:

send a connection information request to one of the in-vehicle components; and

receive credentials required for access to other of the in-vehicle components responsive to the connection information request.

8. A method comprising:

identifying, by a credential sharing in-vehicle component, a user request to invoke an augmented user interface for a personal device located in a seating zone of a vehicle;

activating a component interface application of the personal device responsive to the user request; and

sending, to the component interface application, address information and authentication information of in-vehicle components in the seating zone providing the augmented user interface to the component interface application.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising identifying the user request according to proximity of a user to a proximity sensor of the credential sharing in-vehicle component.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising identifying the user request according to proximity of the personal device to a sensor of the credential sharing in-vehicle component.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the address information includes at least one of a media access control address of one of the in-vehicle components providing the augmented user interface or an internet protocol address of the in-vehicle components providing the augmented user interface, and the authentication information includes a passcode for connection to the one of the in-vehicle components providing the augmented user interface.

12. The method of claim 8, further comprising providing feedback responsive to a notification to a user of the personal device using the augmented user interface based on user preferences stored to the personal device and identified features of the in-vehicle components.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the notification is in response to receiving a communication to the personal device.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein the notification is in response to identifying an upcoming event by the personal device.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor of a personal device, cause the personal device to:

receive, responsive to a connection information request, credentials required for access to in-vehicle components located within a seating zone of a vehicle in which the personal device is located, the in-vehicle components providing an augmented user interface to the personal device;

connect to display, speaker, and hotspot in-vehicle components of the seating zone using information included in the credentials; and

use the in-vehicle components providing the augmented user interface to send feedback to a user of a notification.

16. The medium of claim 15, further embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor of a personal device, cause the personal device to:

maintain preferences of the user of the personal device; and

send the feedback using at least one of the in-vehicle components, based on the preferences and identified features of the in-vehicle components.

17. The medium of claim 16, wherein the preferences include a first set of preferences descriptive of feedback to provide to the user when the notification is in response to receiving a communication to the personal device, and a second set of preferences descriptive of feedback to provide to the user when the notification is in response to identifying an upcoming event by the personal device.

18. The medium of claim 15, further embodying instructions that, when executed by a processor of a personal device, cause the personal device to request the augmented user interface.