AUTOMATIC IN-VEHICLE MOBILE DEVICE DETECTION
First Claim
1. A method of automatic mode selection for a vehicular communications system, the method comprising:
- searching for a Bluetooth™
enabled device;
selecting a remote mode of operation responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled device; and
selecting a local mode of operation responsive to failure to detect the Bluetooth™
enabled device;
wherein selecting the local mode of operation includes activating an in-vehicle communications device; and
wherein selecting the remote mode of operation includes activating in-vehicle Bluetooth™
systems to connect the Bluetooth™
enabled device to the vehicle communications system.
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Abstract
A system and method for automatically configuring a communications system between a local mode in which a local communications device (such as an in-vehicle device or “land-line phone”) is active and a remote mode in which a mobile communications device is active and coupled to the communications system. One example of the method includes searching for a Bluetooth™ enabled device, selecting the remote mode of operation responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™ enabled device, and selecting the local mode of operation responsive to failure to detect the Bluetooth™ enabled device. In one example, selecting the local mode of operation includes activating the local communications device, and selecting the remote mode of operation includes activating local Bluetooth™ systems to connect the Bluetooth™ enabled device to the communications system.
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19 Claims
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1. A method of automatic mode selection for a vehicular communications system, the method comprising:
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searching for a Bluetooth™
enabled device;selecting a remote mode of operation responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled device; andselecting a local mode of operation responsive to failure to detect the Bluetooth™
enabled device;wherein selecting the local mode of operation includes activating an in-vehicle communications device; and wherein selecting the remote mode of operation includes activating in-vehicle Bluetooth™
systems to connect the Bluetooth™
enabled device to the vehicle communications system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of automatically configuring a vehicular communications system between a local mode in which an in-vehicle communications device is active and a remote mode in which a mobile communications device is active and coupled to the vehicular communications system, the method comprising:
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searching for the mobile communications device; activating the remote mode responsive to successful detection of the mobile communications device; and activating the local mode responsive to failure to detect the mobile communications device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A communications system configurable between a local mode and a remote mode, the system comprising:
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a local infrastructure; a local communications device coupled to the local infrastructure; a Bluetooth™
interface coupled to the local infrastructure and configured to communication with a Bluetooth™
enabled device; anda controller coupled to the local infrastructure and the Bluetooth™
interface and configured to activate the remote mode responsive to detection of the Bluetooth™
enabled device and to activate the local mode responsive to failure to detect the Bluetooth™
enabled device;wherein in the remote mode, the Bluetooth™
enabled device is coupled to the local infrastructure via the Bluetooth™
interface. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19)
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Specification