Methods and apparatus to convert received graphical and/or textual user commands into voice commands for application control
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1. A method for transmitting communications from a vehicle onboard computer system, the method comprising:
- establishing a communication link to an electronic device comprising at least one software application;
receiving a listing of applicable commands for the electronic device, via the communication link, the listing of applicable commands comprising control commands for the at least one software application;
constructing a menu comprising the listing of applicable commands;
displaying the menu on a user interface of the vehicle onboard computer system;
receiving a graphical user command via the menu of the user interface, the graphical user command comprising a user selection of at least one of the listing of applicable commands;
converting the graphical user command into a voice instruction; and
transmitting the voice instruction to the electronic device, using machine-to-machine (M2M) communication.
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Abstract
A method for transmitting communications from a vehicle onboard computer system is provided. The method receives a graphical user command via a user interface; converts the user command into a voice instruction; and transmits the voice instruction to an electronic device, using machine-to-machine (M2M) communication.
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1. A method for transmitting communications from a vehicle onboard computer system, the method comprising:
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establishing a communication link to an electronic device comprising at least one software application; receiving a listing of applicable commands for the electronic device, via the communication link, the listing of applicable commands comprising control commands for the at least one software application; constructing a menu comprising the listing of applicable commands; displaying the menu on a user interface of the vehicle onboard computer system; receiving a graphical user command via the menu of the user interface, the graphical user command comprising a user selection of at least one of the listing of applicable commands; converting the graphical user command into a voice instruction; and transmitting the voice instruction to the electronic device, using machine-to-machine (M2M) communication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system onboard a vehicle for performing machine to machine communication, the system comprising:
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an electronic device, configured to activate and operate a plurality of software applications, wherein the software applications reside on the electronic device; and an onboard computer system, communicatively coupled to the electronic device, the onboard computer system comprising; an application counterpart module, configured to; receive data associated with the plurality of software applications from the electronic device; and generate a graphical interface for user interaction with the plurality of software applications residing on the electronic device; a user interface, configured to; display the graphical interface; and receive, via the graphical interface, a user input instruction associated with control of at least one of the plurality of software applications resident on the electronic device; a command conversion module, configured to convert the received user input instruction into a speech command compatible with voice recognition technology; and a communication module, configured to transmit the speech command to the electronic device for execution by the electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A non-transitory, computer-readable medium for a vehicle onboard computer system containing instructions thereon, which, when executed by a processor, perform a method comprising:
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establishing a communication link between the vehicle onboard computer system and an electronic device comprising at least one software application; receiving, by the vehicle onboard computer system via the communication link, a plurality of control commands for the at least one software application; presenting, by a user interface of the vehicle onboard computer system, a plurality of graphical elements associated with the plurality of control commands; receiving a graphical user command via the plurality of graphical elements of the user interface, the graphical user command comprising a user selection of at least one of the plurality of control commands; translating the graphical user instruction into a form compatible with voice recognition (VR) technology, to obtain a VR instruction; and transmitting the VR instruction, via machine-to-machine (M2M) communication, to an VR-enabled electronic device, the electronic device comprising the VR-enabled electronic device. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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