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Controlling navigation software on a portable device from the head unit of a vehicle

  • US 9,958,289 B2
  • Filed: 09/26/2013
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling navigation service applications via head units of vehicles, the method comprising:

  • creating, using a companion application executed at a portable device by one or more processors, a mapping between a plurality of controls of the head unit and a plurality of functions of a navigation service application executing on the portable device to utilize the plurality of controls on the head unit as an external input device of the portable device, wherein the companion application and the navigation service application execute as separate tasks on an operating system of the portable device, including;

    receiving, at the companion application via a communication link between the portable device and the head unit, a corresponding control actuation event for each of a plurality of controls actuated at the head unit, andreceiving, at the companion application via a user interface of the portable device, selections of respective functions for each of the plurality of controls;

    subsequently to creating the mapping, receiving, by the companion application, an indication that one of the plurality of controls has been actuated, via the communication link between the portable device and the head unit;

    selecting, by the companion application, a function from among the plurality of functions of the navigation service application in accordance with the created mapping and the received indication, including passing an indication of the selected function from the companion application to the navigation service application; and

    executing, by the navigation service application, the selected function of the navigation service application.

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