Method and Apparatus for Interconnecting Smart Terminal and In-Vehicle Terminal

• US 20170208637A1
• Filed: 07/14/2014
• Published: 07/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/14/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. (Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd.)
• Inventors: Xiao, Ningbo, Chen, Minjiang, Guo, Ligang
• Application Number:
  US15/326,166
• Publication Number:
  US 20170208637A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/385 for adaptation of a particular data processing system to different peripheral devices
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4282 on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/75 Indicating network or usage conditions on the user display
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/15 Setup of multiple wireless link connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

Embodiments provide a method and an apparatus for interconnecting a smart terminal and an in-vehicle terminal. The method includes automatically detecting, by an in-vehicle terminal, a connectable device. The method also includes connecting, by the in-vehicle terminal when the in-vehicle terminal detects at least one connectable device, to the detected at least one connectable device. The method also includes displaying, by the in-vehicle terminal if connection succeeds, a connectable device successfully connected to the in-vehicle terminal.

Claims

1-18. -18. (canceled)

19. A method, comprising:

automatically detecting, by an in-vehicle terminal, a connectable device;

connecting, by the in-vehicle terminal when the in-vehicle terminal detects the connectable device, to the detected connectable device; and

displaying, by the in-vehicle terminal when connection succeeds, the connectable device successfully connected to the in-vehicle terminal.

20. The method according to claim 19, wherein the connectable device comprises:

a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device, a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) device, or a Bluetooth device.

21. The method according to claim 20, wherein connecting, by the in-vehicle terminal when the in-vehicle terminal detects the connectable device, to the detected connectable device comprises:

when the in-vehicle terminal detects that the connectable device comprises the WIFI device, automatically generating, by the in-vehicle terminal, a WIFI connection instruction; and

connecting, by the in-vehicle terminal, to the WIFI device according to the WIFI connection instruction.

22. The method according to claim 20, wherein connecting, by the in-vehicle terminal when the in-vehicle terminal detects the connectable device, to the detected connectable device comprises:

when the in-vehicle terminal detects that the connectable device comprises the Bluetooth device, automatically generating, by the in-vehicle terminal, a Bluetooth connection instruction; and

connecting, by the in-vehicle terminal, to the Bluetooth device according to the Bluetooth connection instruction.

23. The method according to claim 19, wherein displaying, by the in-vehicle terminal when connection succeeds, the connectable device successfully connected to the in-vehicle terminal, comprises:

when there is one connectable device successfully connected to the in-vehicle terminal, directly displaying, by the in-vehicle terminal, the connectable device successfully connected to the in-vehicle terminal, or

when there are multiple connectable devices successfully connected to the in-vehicle terminal, displaying, by the in-vehicle terminal according to preset priorities, a connectable device having a high priority.

24. The method according to claim 19, wherein the method further comprises:

when the in-vehicle terminal does not detect the connectable device, repeatedly detecting, by the in-vehicle terminal, the connectable device until the connectable device is detected.

25. An in-vehicle terminal, comprising:

a processor;

a memory; and

a display;

wherein the memory is configured to store execution instructions, the processor communicates with the memory, and the processor executes the execution instructions to;

automatically detect a connectable device; and

connect, when at least one connectable device is detected, to the detected connectable device; and

wherein the display is configured to display a connectable device successfully connected to the processor.

26. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 25, wherein the connectable device comprises:

a Universal Serial Bus (USB) device, a Wireless Fidelity (WIFI) device, or a Bluetooth device.

27. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 26, wherein the processor further executes the execution instructions to:

when detecting that the connectable device is the WIFI device, automatically generate a WIFI connection instruction; and

connect to the WIFI device according to the WIFI connection instruction.

28. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 26, wherein the processor further executes the execution instructions to:

when detecting that the connectable device is the Bluetooth device, automatically generate a Bluetooth connection instruction; and

connect to the Bluetooth device according to the Bluetooth connection instruction.

29. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 25, wherein the display is further configured to:

when there is one connectable device successfully connected to the processor, directly display the connectable device successfully connected to the processor; and

when there are multiple connectable devices successfully connected to the processor, display, according to preset priorities, a connectable device having a high priority.

30. The in-vehicle terminal according to claim 25, wherein the processor is further configured to:

when the connectable device is not detected, repeatedly detect the connectable device until the connectable device is detected.