Vehicular information processing system, vehicle-mounted device, method for providing text data, and program for providing the same

A vehicle-mounted device which connects to a mobile device using a communication protocol, the vehicle-mounted device comprising:

• a storage unit that stores information indicating whether or not the mobile device is equipped with an e-mail transmitting function specified in the communication protocol, wherein the email transmitting function allows the mobile device to:
• receive, from the vehicle mounted device, a first text data generated by the vehicle-mounted device;
• receive, from the vehicle-mounted device, a first request to transmit the first text data in electronic mail format from the mobile device to an external network;
• and
• transmit the first text data in electronic mail format to the external network when the mobile device receives the first request from the vehicle-mounted device;
• and
• a control unit configured to:
• determine, when an instruction for transmitting an e-mail from the mobile device is received at the vehicle-mounted device, whether or not the mobile device is equipped with the e-mail transmitting function, on the basis of the information in the storage unit;
• transmit the first text data, generated by the vehicle-mounted device, to the mobile device, and transmit to the mobile device the first request to generate a first electronic mail according to the first text data and to transmit the first electronic mail to an external network from the mobile device when the mobile device is equipped with the e-mail transmitting function, and
• transmit instructions to the mobile device for starting up an audio recognition function incorporated in the mobile device when the mobile device is not equipped with the e-mail transmitting function;
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• output sound recognizable through the audio recognition function of the mobile device as a second text data, to be provided to the mobile device, when the mobile device is not equipped with the e-mail transmitting function.

A method for providing text data for e-mail transmission, the method being performed in a vehicular information processing system in which a vehicle-mounted device and a mobile device are connected using a communication protocol, wherein the vehicle-mounted device performs steps of:

• obtaining, from the mobile device, information indicating whether or not the mobile device is equipped with an e-mail transmitting function specified in the communication protocol, and storing the information in a storage unit;
• wherein the email transmitting function allows the mobile device to:
• receive, from the vehicle mounted device, a first text data generated by the vehicle-mounted device;
• receive, from the vehicle-mounted device, a first request to transmit the first text data in electronic mail format from the mobile device to an external network;
• and
• transmit the first text data in electronic mail format to the external network when the mobile device receives the first request from the vehicle-mounted device;
• detecting that an instruction for transmitting an e-mail from the mobile device is received by the vehicle-mounted device;
• determining, when detecting the instruction, whether or not the mobile device is equipped with the e-mail transmitting function, on the basis of the information in the storage unit;
• transmitting the first text data, generated by the vehicle-mounted device, to the mobile device, and transmitting to the mobile device the first request to generate a first electronic mail according to the first text data and to transmit the first electronic mail to an external network from the mobile device when determining that the mobile device is equipped with the e-mail transmitting function;
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• transmitting to the mobile device a second request to generate a second text data in the mobile device and to generate a second electronic mail in the mobile device according to the second text data and to transmit the second electronic mail to the external network from the mobile device, when determining that the mobile device is not equipped with the e-mail transmitting function, and
• the mobile device performs the steps of:
• generating the second text data according to the second request;
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• transmitting, to the external network, the second electronic mail based on the generated second text data.