On the road groups
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1. A method of communicating between vehicles including the steps of:
- a) receiving a verbal request from a user to create a group;
b) in response to said step a), creating a group having a plurality of members associated therewith, wherein the user is one of the plurality of members;
c) receiving a verbal request from the user to add a contact to the group;
d) associating the contact as a new member of the group in response to said step c);
e) associating each of the plurality of members with the group in profiles associated with each of the plurality of members, the profiles stored in a server;
f) detecting a presence of each of the members in vehicles associated with each of the members, such members having an active status;
g) receiving a request from one of the plurality of members to hide his active status from the rest of the plurality of members, wherein the one member is then a hidden member;
h) indicating to the plurality of members the active status of the plurality of members but not indicating the active status of the hidden member;
i) based upon said step e) and said step f), providing communication among the plurality of members whose presence was detected in said step f) including the new member.
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Abstract
A mobile or in-vehicle communication system and method facilitate communication among groups. The system and method also facilitate the creation of such groups. The system and method may convert speech from one member of the group to text for distribution to other members of the group, for whom the text is converted to audible speech.
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1. A method of communicating between vehicles including the steps of:
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a) receiving a verbal request from a user to create a group; b) in response to said step a), creating a group having a plurality of members associated therewith, wherein the user is one of the plurality of members; c) receiving a verbal request from the user to add a contact to the group; d) associating the contact as a new member of the group in response to said step c); e) associating each of the plurality of members with the group in profiles associated with each of the plurality of members, the profiles stored in a server; f) detecting a presence of each of the members in vehicles associated with each of the members, such members having an active status; g) receiving a request from one of the plurality of members to hide his active status from the rest of the plurality of members, wherein the one member is then a hidden member; h) indicating to the plurality of members the active status of the plurality of members but not indicating the active status of the hidden member; i) based upon said step e) and said step f), providing communication among the plurality of members whose presence was detected in said step f) including the new member. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of communicating between vehicles including the steps of:
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a) receiving a verbal request at a server to create a group; b) in response to said step a), creating a group having a plurality of members associated therewith; c) receiving a verbal request from the user to add a contact to the group; d) associating the contact as a new member of the group in response to said step c); e) detecting a presence of each of the members in vehicles associated with each of the members, including the new member, such members having an active status; f) receiving a request from one of the plurality of members to hide his active status from the rest of the plurality of members, wherein the one member is then a hidden member; g) indicating to the plurality of members the active status of the plurality of members but not indicating the active status of the hidden member; and h) after said step e), receiving communication from each one of the plurality of members including the new member at the server and forwarding the communication from the server to others of the plurality of members including the new member. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of communicating between vehicles including the steps of:
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a) associating each of a plurality of members with a group in profiles associated with each of the plurality of members, the profiles stored in a server; b) receiving a verbal request from the user to add a contact to the group; c) associating the contact as a new member of the group in response to said step b); d) receiving a request from one of the plurality of members to hide his active status from the rest of the plurality of members, wherein the one member is then a hidden member; e) detecting a presence of each of the members in vehicles associated with each of the members; and f) after said steps d) and e), providing communication among the plurality of members indicating the active status of the plurality of members but not indicating the active status of the hidden member.
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