Hands-free telephone device of a motor vehicle
First Claim
1. A hands-free telephone device of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- a communication interface operatively configured to connect at least first and second mobile telephones to the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle;
a control unit operatively configured to control a transfer of mobile telephone address book entries from the first and second mobile telephones to the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle via the communication interface; and
a common address book configured by the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle, the common address book containing entries generated based on the mobile telephone address book entries from the first and second mobile telephones, wherein each of mobile telephone address book entries received from the first and second mobile telephones is assigned an identity tag received from and identifying a corresponding one of the first and second mobile telephones from which each such entry originated, and wherein the identity tag identifying said corresponding one of the first and second mobile telephones is stored together with each of the corresponding mobile telephone address book entries in a memory unit of the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle.
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Abstract
A motor vehicle hands-free device includes a communication interface designed so that at least one first mobile telephone and one second mobile telephone can be connected to the motor vehicle hands-free device, in particular in parallel or simultaneously, a control device designed so that mobile telephone address book entries from the first mobile telephone and mobile telephone address book entries from the second mobile telephone can be transferred to the motor vehicle hands-free device via the radio interface, and a common address book that can be generated on the basis of the mobile telephone address book entries of the first mobile telephone and the mobile telephone address book entries of the second mobile telephone.
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1. A hands-free telephone device of a motor vehicle, comprising:
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a communication interface operatively configured to connect at least first and second mobile telephones to the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle; a control unit operatively configured to control a transfer of mobile telephone address book entries from the first and second mobile telephones to the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle via the communication interface; and a common address book configured by the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle, the common address book containing entries generated based on the mobile telephone address book entries from the first and second mobile telephones, wherein each of mobile telephone address book entries received from the first and second mobile telephones is assigned an identity tag received from and identifying a corresponding one of the first and second mobile telephones from which each such entry originated, and wherein the identity tag identifying said corresponding one of the first and second mobile telephones is stored together with each of the corresponding mobile telephone address book entries in a memory unit of the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of operating a hands-free telephone device of a motor vehicle, the method comprising the acts of:
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receiving mobile telephone address book entries from a first mobile telephone and mobile telephone address book entries from a second mobile telephone in the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle via a communication interface controlled by a control unit, the communication interface being configured to connect the first and second mobile telephones to the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle; receiving identity tags assigned to each of the mobile telephone address book entries, wherein such identity tags are received from and identify a corresponding one of the first and second mobile telephones from which each such entry originated; generating a common address book in the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle based on the mobile telephone address book entries from the first and second mobile telephones; and storing the identity tags identifying said corresponding one of the first and second mobile telephone with corresponding ones of the address book entries of the common address book in a memory unit of the hands-free telephone device of the motor vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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