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Method and system for enabling a device function of a vehicle

  • US 8,751,241 B2
  • Filed: 04/10/2008
  • Issued: 06/10/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/17/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of obtaining information from speech at a vehicle, comprising:

  • (a) receiving at a telematics unit in a vehicle a first speech input spoken by an occupant of the vehicle;

    (b) determining if telephone-related information has been requested based on the inclusion of numerical utterances in the first speech input;

    (c) determining if navigation information has been requested based on the inclusion of numerical utterances followed by non-numerical utterances in the first speech input;

    (d) enabling a navigation system of the vehicle based on the determination in step (c);

    (e) contacting directory assistance in response to the determination in step (b);

    (i) receiving at the telematics unit telephone-related information in the form of a second speech input sent to the vehicle from a remote facility via a wireless carrier system;

    (ii) obtaining data from the telephone-related information by performing speech recognition on the second speech input;

    (iii) querying the vehicle occupant based on the obtained data; and

    (iv) sending the obtained data to a vehicle device based on the query.

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