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US 10,652,715 B1Granted
Restoring local control of a radio head unit in a motor vehicle when a wireless call is placed on hold
AssigneeTrigroup Technologies, Ltd.
InventorsLoren S. Adell, Michael Adell
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Abstract
A method for restoring local control to at least portions of a radio head unit in a motor vehicle when communication between a personal cellular (wireless) telephone, which has been paired with the radio head unit, and a telephone of a remote party is placed “on-hold” while both telephones are “off-hook”. Also a disclosed is a method for re-programming the radio head unit by a special “app” in a personal cellular (wireless) telephone.
Claims8
A system for use in an automotive vehicle, the system having:
- a) an audio system which delivers audio which can be heard by a person;
- b) a radio head unit comprising 1) a radio receiver for receiving modulated radio signals that carry audio content, 2) circuitry for de-modulating received radio signals to extract audio content and for delivering extracted audio content to the audio system for transmission as audio which can be heard by a person, and 3) controls for controlling certain functions of the radio head unit;
- c) a first telephone which can communicate wirelessly with a cellular telephone network for establishing communication with a second telephone;
- d) the first telephone being wirelessly paired with the radio head unit for enabling audio communication between the first telephone and a second telephone to be delivered to the radio head unit;
- and
- e) one control of the radio head unit comprising a selection function for selecting a source of audio that is delivered to the audio system for transmission as audio which can be heard by a person, the one control being operable to source audio communication between the first telephone and a second telephone to the audio system to the exclusion of other sources of audio when the status of both telephones is “off-hook” and the status of communication between the first telephone and a second telephone is “not on-hold”, the one control being operable to source audio from a source other than audio communication between the first telephone and a second telephone when the status of both telephones is “off-hook” and the status of communication between the first telephone and a second telephone is “on-hold”.
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A method for use in an automotive vehicle having:
- a) an audio system which delivers audio which can be heard by a person;
- b) a radio head unit comprising 1) a radio receiver for receiving modulated radio signals that carry audio content, 2) circuitry for de-modulating received radio signals to extract audio content and for delivering extracted audio content to the audio system for transmission as audio which can be heard by a person, and 3) controls for controlling certain functions of the radio head unit;
- c) a first telephone which can communicate wirelessly with a cellular telephone network for establishing communication with a second telephone;
- and
- d) the first telephone being wirelessly paired with the radio head unit for enabling audio communication between the first telephone and a second telephone to be delivered to the radio head unit;
- the method comprising:
- controlling the radio head unit during communication between the first telephone and a second telephone e) to source audio communication between the first telephone and a second telephone to the audio system to the exclusion of other sources of audio when the status of both telephones is “off-hook” and the status of communication between the first telephone and a second telephone is “not on-hold”, and f) when the status of both telephones is “off-hook” and the status of communication between the first telephone and a second telephone is “on-hold”, to source audio from a source other than audio communication between the first telephone and a second telephone to the audio system.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.