Wireless communications system and method

• US 8,380,251 B2
• Filed: 06/05/2007
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 05/26/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Visteon Global Technologies Incorporated (Visteon Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Johnson Controls Technology Company (Johnson Controls International plc)
• Inventors: Witkowski, Todd R., Dykema, Kurt A., Geerlings, Steven L., Zeinstra, Mark L.
• Primary Examiner(s): WEST, LEWIS G
• Application Number:
  US11/810,253
• Publication Number:
  US 20080045274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,086 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.2, 455/66.1, 455/563, 455/418, 455/419, 455/345, 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455/562.1
• US Class Current: 455/563
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 7/10386 the interrogation device being of the portable or hand-handheld type, e.g. incorporated in ubiquitous hand-held devices such as PDA or mobile phone, or in the form of a portable dedicated RFID reader
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3822 specially adapted for use in vehicles H04B1/3827 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/2609 Arrangements for range control, e.g. by using remote antennas
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/14 Session management for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6041 Portable telephones adapted for handsfree use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• 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 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/04 adapted for relaying to or from another terminal or user
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/06 adapted for operation in multiple networks or having at least two operational modes, e.g. multi-mode terminals

Abstract

A system for communicating information facilitates wireless communication between electronic devices. The system includes a transceiver provided in a vehicle. The transceiver communicates with an electronic device located external to the transceiver using a Bluetooth communications standard.

Claims

1. A system for communicating verbal authorization for an order from an occupant in a vehicle with an electronic device external the vehicle, the electronic device including a first radio frequency transceiver configured to operate according to a Bluetooth wireless communications protocol, the vehicle including a microphone, the system comprising:

a second radio frequency transceiver mounted in the vehicle, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to communicate with the first radio frequency transceiver, wherein the second radio frequency transceiver includes an interface for receiving, from the microphone, a verbal authorization spoken by the vehicle occupant, and wherein the second radio frequency transceiver is configured to provide the an authorization message to the electronic device via the first radio frequency transceiver, the authorization message based on the verbal authorization.