Method and apparatus pertaining to Bluetooth#-conveyed voice-based user input
First Claim
1. An apparatus comprising:
- a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver;
a cellular-telephony transceiver;
a control circuit operably coupled to both the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and the cellular-telephony transceiver and configured, at least in part, to;
facilitate at least one on-board application other than call setup using voice-based user input;
upon determining that a call-setup message received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver from a vehicle'"'"'s audio-entertainment system specifies a particular predetermined number to call, which particular predetermined number to call comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number and which particular predetermined number triggers mimicking a telephone call via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver, automatically mimicking a telephone call for the vehicle'"'"'s audio-entertainment system and using audio content received from the vehicle'"'"'s audio-entertainment system via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver as the voice-based user input for the on-board application to thereby effect a purpose and function of the on-board application.
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Abstract
An apparatus having both a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and a cellular-telephony transceiver has a control circuit operably coupled to the foregoing configured to facilitate at least one on-board application using voice-based user input. The control circuit, upon determining that a call-setup message as received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver specifies a particular predetermined number (such as a predetermined number that comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number) to call, automatically uses audio content received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver as the aforementioned voice-based user input for that on-board application. By one approach, the apparatus can provide that predetermined number to a given secondary platform as part of a conveyed contacts list.
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12 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver; a cellular-telephony transceiver; a control circuit operably coupled to both the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and the cellular-telephony transceiver and configured, at least in part, to; facilitate at least one on-board application other than call setup using voice-based user input; upon determining that a call-setup message received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver from a vehicle'"'"'s audio-entertainment system specifies a particular predetermined number to call, which particular predetermined number to call comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number and which particular predetermined number triggers mimicking a telephone call via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver, automatically mimicking a telephone call for the vehicle'"'"'s audio-entertainment system and using audio content received from the vehicle'"'"'s audio-entertainment system via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver as the voice-based user input for the on-board application to thereby effect a purpose and function of the on-board application. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An apparatus comprising:
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a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver; a cellular-telephony transceiver; a control circuit operably coupled to both the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and the cellular-telephony transceiver and configured, at least in part, to; facilitate at least one on-board application other than call setup using voice-based user input; upon determining that a call-setup message received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver specifies a particular predetermined number to call, which particular predetermined number to call comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number, automatically using audio content received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver as the voice-based user input for the on-board application to thereby effect a different purpose and function than call setup; when the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver supports a Bluetooth call-waiting protocol, use the Bluetooth call-waiting protocol upon detecting an incoming call via the cellular-telephony transceiver; when the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver does not support a Bluetooth call-waiting protocol, mimicking conclusion of a mimicked telephone call upon detecting an incoming call via the cellular-telephony transceiver and thereafter signaling via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver the incoming call.
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8. A method comprising:
- using a control circuit, that operably couples to both a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and a cellular-telephony transceiver, for;
determining that a call-setup message has been received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver; determining that the call-setup message from a vehicle'"'"'s audio entertainment system specifies a particular predetermined number to call, which particular predetermined number comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number and which particular predetermined number triggers mimicking a telephone call via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver; automatically mimicking a telephone call and using audio content received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver during the mimicked telephone call as voice-based user input for an on-board application other than call setup to thereby effect a purpose and function of the on-board application. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
- using a control circuit, that operably couples to both a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and a cellular-telephony transceiver, for;
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12. A method comprising:
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using a control circuit, that operably couples to both a Bluetooth-compatible transceiver and a cellular-telephony transceiver, for; upon determining that a call-setup message received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver specifies a particular predetermined number to call, which particular predetermined number comprises an invalid number to serve as a telephone number, automatically using audio content received via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver as voice-based user input for an on-board application other than call setup to thereby effect a different purpose and function than call setup; when the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver supports a Bluetooth call-waiting protocol, using the Bluetooth call-waiting protocol upon detecting an incoming call via the cellular-telephony transceiver; when the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver does not support a Bluetooth call-waiting protocol, mimicking conclusion of a mimicked telephone call upon detecting an incoming call via the cellular-telephony transceiver and thereafter signaling via the Bluetooth-compatible transceiver the incoming call.
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