Automatic in-vehicle mobile device detection
First Claim
1. A method of automatic mode selection for a vehicular communications system, the method comprising:
- searching for a Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device;
selecting a remote mode of operation responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device; and
selecting a local mode of operation responsive to failure to detect the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device;
wherein selecting the local mode of operation includes activating an in-vehicle cellular communications device for cellular communications;
wherein selecting the remote mode of operation includes activating in-vehicle Bluetooth™
systems to connect the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device to the vehicle communications system to provide for cellular communications with a combination of the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device and the vehicle communications system; and
automatically selecting between activating one of the local mode of operation to provide for cellular communications and the remote mode of operation to provide for cellular communications based on the detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device and based on reception of a mobile phone network by the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically configuring a communications system between a local mode in which a local communications device (such as an in-vehicle device or “land-line phone”) is active and a remote mode in which a mobile communications device is active and coupled to the communications system. One example of the method includes searching for a Bluetooth™ enabled device, selecting the remote mode of operation responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™ enabled device, and selecting the local mode of operation responsive to failure to detect the Bluetooth™ enabled device. In one example, selecting the local mode of operation includes activating the local communications device, and selecting the remote mode of operation includes activating local Bluetooth™ systems to connect the Bluetooth™ enabled device to the communications system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method of automatic mode selection for a vehicular communications system, the method comprising:
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searching for a Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device;selecting a remote mode of operation responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device; andselecting a local mode of operation responsive to failure to detect the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device;wherein selecting the local mode of operation includes activating an in-vehicle cellular communications device for cellular communications; wherein selecting the remote mode of operation includes activating in-vehicle Bluetooth™
systems to connect the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device to the vehicle communications system to provide for cellular communications with a combination of the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device and the vehicle communications system; andautomatically selecting between activating one of the local mode of operation to provide for cellular communications and the remote mode of operation to provide for cellular communications based on the detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device and based on reception of a mobile phone network by the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of automatically configuring a vehicular communications system between a local mode in which an in-vehicle cellular communications device is active and a remote mode in which a mobile cellular communications device is active and coupled to the vehicular communications system, the method comprising:
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searching for the mobile cellular communications device; activating the remote mode responsive to successful detection of the mobile cellular communications device; activating the local mode responsive to failure to detect the mobile cellular communications device; and automatically selecting between activating one of the in-vehicle cellular communications device in the local mode to provide for cellular communications and the mobile cellular communications device in the remote mode to provide for cellular communications based on the detection of the mobile cellular communications device and based on reception of a mobile phone network by the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A communications system configurable between a local mode and a remote mode, the system comprising:
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a local infrastructure; a local communications device coupled to the local infrastructure; a Bluetooth™
interface coupled to the local infrastructure and configured to communication with a Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device; anda controller coupled to the local infrastructure and the Bluetooth™
interface and configured to automatically activate one of the remote mode to provide for cellular communications and the local mode to provide for cellular communications responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device and based on reception of a mobile phone network by the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device;wherein in the remote mode, the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device is coupled to the local infrastructure via the Bluetooth™
interface. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19)
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20. A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon sequences of instructions, the sequences of instructions including instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to:
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search for a mobile cellular communications device; activate a remote mode for cellular communications in which the mobile communications device is active and coupled to a vehicular communications system responsive to successful detection of the mobile cellular communications device; activate a local mode for cellular communications in which an in-vehicle cellular communications device is active responsive to failure to detect the mobile cellular communications device; and select between activating one of the in-vehicle cellular communications device in the local mode to provide for cellular communications and the mobile communications device in the remote mode to provide for cellular communications based on detection of the mobile communications cellular device and based on reception of a mobile phone network by the Bluetooth™
enabled cellular communications device.
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Specification