In-vehicle handsfree apparatus and data transfer method

• US 9,544,411 B2
• Filed: 04/07/2015
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 12/08/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Ozaki, Takahisa
• Primary Examiner(s): Sorowar, Golam
• Application Number:
  US14/680,332
• Publication Number:
  US 20150229748A1
• Time in Patent Office: 644 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2746 Sorting, e.g. according to history or frequency of use
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/56 Arrangements for indicating or recording the called number at the calling subscriber's set
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/57 Arrangements for indicating or recording the number of the calling subscriber at the called subscriber's set at the operator set in a manual exchange H04M5/20
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/575 Means for retrieving and displaying personal data about calling party
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6075 adapted for handsfree use in a vehicle H04M1/6058 takes precedence; arrangements for holding telephones in a vehicle B60R11/0241
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/02 including a Bluetooth interface
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 2250/60 logging of communication history, e.g. outgoing or incoming calls, missed calls, messages or URLs logging of telephone numbers H04M1/56, H04M1/57
• 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 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/18 Service support devices; Network management devices

Abstract

An in-vehicle navigation apparatus with a handsfree function establishes a Bluetooth communication link with a cellular phone. When receiving from the cellular phone outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which were stored in the cellular phone before establishing the Bluetooth communication link, the in-vehicle navigation apparatus stores, in a work memory, the received outgoing call history data and the received incoming call history data, equally to, of the navigation apparatus itself, outgoing call history data and incoming call history data. An outgoing call operation then becomes possible using outgoing call history data and incoming call history data, which are stored in the work memory.

Claims

1. An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus allowing a handsfree phone call by establishing a wireless connection with a cellular phone, the cellular phone storing incoming call history data indicating a source telephone number of an incoming call, outgoing call history data indicating a destination telephone number of an outgoing call, and phone book data in which a telephone number and a registration name corresponding to the telephone number are registered,

the handsfree apparatus comprising:

a control section configured to perform, when the cellular phone exists in a wireless connection area, communication using a transfer protocol for realizing transfer of the incoming call history data, the outgoing call history data, and the phone book data, wherein the incoming call history data, the outgoing call history data, and the phone book data were stored in the cellular phone prior to the wireless connection established between the handsfree apparatus and the cellular phone;

a communication section configured to receive the incoming call history data, the outgoing call history data, and the phone book data from the cellular phone via the communication using the transfer protocol; and

a data storage section that stores the outgoing call history data, the incoming call history data, and the phone book data, which are received;

wherein

the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data are transmitted earlier than the phone book data from the cellular phone via the communication using the transfer protocol,

wherein the control section is further configured to

transmit a data transfer demand for the cellular phone to start a transfer process of the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, causing the transfer process of the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data to be performed, to permit the communication section to receive the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, and

transmit, after the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data are received from the cellular phone, a data transfer demand for the cellular phone to perform a transfer process of the phone book data, to permit the communication section to receive the phone book data.

2. The in-vehicle handsfree apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a display section,

wherein;

the outgoing call history data received from the cellular phone include, respectively, outgoing call date and time data;

the incoming call history data received from the cellular phone each include, respectively, incoming call date and time data;

when a display demand, which demands displaying of whole history data containing the outgoing call history data and the incoming call history data, the control section causes the display section to display the outgoing call date and time data and the incoming call date and time data as being rearranged in order of dates and times.