Method of determining user intent to use services based on proximity

• US 9,532,160 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 12/27/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/01/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Denso International America Incorporated (DENSO Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Denso International America Incorporated (DENSO Corporation)
• Inventors: Golsch, Kyle
• Primary Examiner(s): Fang, Keith
• Application Number:
  US14/927,189
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050510A1
• Time in Patent Office: 425 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/023 using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method for accessing functionality of a mobile electronic device through a vehicle system onboard a motor vehicle. The method includes making functionality of the mobile electronic device accessible through the vehicle system based on where a sensor that the mobile electronic device is paired with is physically located about the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method for accessing functionality of a mobile electronic device through a vehicle system onboard a motor vehicle comprising:

positioning a mobile electronic device on a pad within the motor vehicle, the pad including a sensor configured to detect the mobile electronic device, the sensor located within the pad;

using a selector proximate to the pad to select at least one of the following;

functionality of the mobile electronic device to be accessible through the vehicle system; and

the mobile electronic device from a plurality of mobile electronic devices such that functionality of the mobile electronic device is accessible through the vehicle system;

wherein;

the selector is activated only when the mobile electronic device is positioned on the pad and the mobile electronic device is paired by way of the sensor;

the pad includes a first recharging pad and a second recharging pad;

the selector is a first selector proximate to the first recharging pad;

a second selector is proximate to the second recharging pad;

the first and second selectors are on a same side of the first and second recharging pads;

the first selector is configured to select a first electronic device on the first pad for connection to the vehicle system; and

the second selector is configured to select a second electronic device on the second pad for connection to the vehicle system.

2. A method for accessing functionality of a mobile electronic device through a vehicle system onboard a motor vehicle comprising:

positioning a mobile electronic device on a pad within the motor vehicle, the pad including a sensor configured to detect the mobile electronic device, the sensor located within the pad;

using a selector proximate to the pad to select at least one of the following;

functionality of the mobile electronic device to be accessible through the vehicle system; and

the mobile electronic device from a plurality of mobile electronic devices such that functionality of the mobile electronic device is accessible through the vehicle system;

wherein;

the selector is activated only when the mobile electronic device is positioned on the pad and the mobile electronic device is paired by way of the sensor;

the pad includes a first recharging pad and a second recharging pad;

the selector is a first selector proximate to the first recharging pad;

a second selector is proximate to the second recharging pad;

the first and second selectors are on a same side of the first and second recharging pads;

the first selector is configured to select at least one of a plurality of functions of the first electronic device for control through the vehicle system; and

the second selector is configured to select at least one of a plurality of functions of the second electronic device for control through the vehicle system.