Connected phone system and method with associated bandwidth connections in a vehicle environment
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1. A method for connecting data related to a first and second feature, the first and second feature data communicated from at least one device to a vehicle comprising the steps of:
- determining available device connections of the device, wherein the device is not permanently affixed to the vehicle, said available device connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections;
determining available vehicle connections of the vehicle, said available vehicle connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections;
identifying first feature device connections, including a first and second device connection capable of communicating data related to the first feature;
identifying second feature device connections, including a third and forth device connection capable of communicating data related to the second feature;
identifying at least one vehicle connection, including a first vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said first and second device connections;
identifying at least one vehicle connection, including a second vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said third and forth device connections;
using a first set of guidelines to assign at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection to each of the first and second features based on said first feature device connections, second feature device connections, said first vehicle connection, and said second vehicle connection;
transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the first feature to the device and to the vehicle; and
transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the second feature to the device and to the vehicle.
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Abstract
A system and method for connection management between a consumer device and a vehicle. The connection management is performed automatically using a computing device, e.g., an application executing on a smartphone. The system and method configure the vehicle and consumer device in a manner that optimizes the vehicle and consumer device connections based on a variety of factors such as available connections/ports and protocols to be used.
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1. A method for connecting data related to a first and second feature, the first and second feature data communicated from at least one device to a vehicle comprising the steps of:
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determining available device connections of the device, wherein the device is not permanently affixed to the vehicle, said available device connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections; determining available vehicle connections of the vehicle, said available vehicle connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections; identifying first feature device connections, including a first and second device connection capable of communicating data related to the first feature; identifying second feature device connections, including a third and forth device connection capable of communicating data related to the second feature; identifying at least one vehicle connection, including a first vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said first and second device connections; identifying at least one vehicle connection, including a second vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said third and forth device connections; using a first set of guidelines to assign at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection to each of the first and second features based on said first feature device connections, second feature device connections, said first vehicle connection, and said second vehicle connection; transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the first feature to the device and to the vehicle; and transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the second feature to the device and to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for connecting data related to a first and second feature, comprising:
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a vehicle; a first device, not permanently affixed to said vehicle capable of providing a data for a first and second feature; a connections manager, wherein said connections manager identifies available device connections of the first device, and to identify available vehicle connections of the vehicle, said available device connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections, identifies first feature device connections, including a first and second device connection capable of communicating data related to the first feature, identifies second feature device connections, including a third and forth device connection capable of communicating data related to the second feature, identifies at least one vehicle connection, including a first vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said first and second device connections, said available vehicle connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections, identifies at least one vehicle connection, including a second vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said third and forth device connections, having a first set of guidelines to assign at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection to each of the first and second features based on said first feature device connections, second feature device connections, said first vehicle connection, and said second vehicle connection; and a communications system for transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the first feature to the device and to the vehicle, and transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the second feature to the device and to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A computer-readable storage medium storing computer-executable program instructions for connecting data related to a first and second feature, the first and second feature data communicated from at least one device to a vehicle, the instructions when executed cause the at least one processor to perform steps including:
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determining available device connections of the device, wherein the device is not permanently affixed to the vehicle, said available device connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections; determining available vehicle connections of the vehicle, said available vehicle connections include one or more wired connections and one or more wireless connections; identifying first feature device connections, including a first and second device connection capable of communicating data related to the first feature; identifying second feature device connections, including a third and forth device connection capable of communicating data related to the second feature; identifying at least one vehicle connection, including a first vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said first and second device connections; identifying at least one vehicle connection, including a second vehicle connection, capable of communicating with at least one of said third and forth device connections; using a first set of guidelines to assign at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection to each of the first and second features based on said first feature device connections, second feature device connections, said first vehicle connection, and said second vehicle connection; transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the first feature to the device and to the vehicle; and transmitting said assigned at least one device connection and at least one vehicle connection for the second feature to the device and to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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