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Methods and systems for simulating a smart device user interface on a vehicle head unit

  • US 9,302,676 B2
  • Filed: 09/09/2013
  • Issued: 04/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/09/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for simulating a smart device user interface on a vehicle head unit, the method comprising the steps of:

  • storing a plurality of user interfaces in at least one memory of a vehicle, wherein each of the plurality of user interfaces is affiliated with a respective platform;

    detecting a first smart device and a second smart device in the vehicle;

    determining if the first smart device and the second smart device in the vehicle match the respective platforms;

    after it is determined that the first smart device and the second smart device in the vehicle match the respective platforms, identifying a first user of the first smart device and a second user of the second smart device;

    determining if the first user and the second user are authorized;

    after it is determined that the first user and the second user are authorized, retrieving the user interfaces affiliated with the respective matched platforms from the at least one memory;

    displaying first and second avatars from the user interface affiliated with the respective matched platforms on the vehicle head unit;

    determining if the first avatar or the second avatar is selected on the vehicle head unit; and

    after it is determined that the first avatar or the second avatar is selected on the vehicle head unit, using the user interface affiliated with the respective matched platform of the selected first avatar or the selected second avatar on the vehicle head unit to control the first smart device or the second smart device.

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