US 11,083,036 B1Granted

Vehicle selection of device to use to execute function

AssigneeLenovo (Singapore) Pte. Ltd.

InventorsArnold S. Weksler, Mark Patrick Delaney, Russell Speight VanBlon, Nathan J. Peterson, John Carl Mese

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Abstract

In one aspect, a first device that may be disposed on a vehicle may include at least one processor and storage accessible to the at least one processor. The storage may include instructions executable by the at least one processor to communicate with second and third devices to heuristically determine which of the second and third devices to use to execute a function at the first device. The instructions may also be executable to select one of the second and third devices based on the determination and to, based on the selection, communicate with the selected device to execute the function at the first device.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A first device, comprising:

at least one processor;
and
storage accessible to the at least one processor and comprising instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
communicate with second and third devices to heuristically determine which of the second and third devices to use to execute a first function at the first device;
select the second device based on the determination and pair with the second device to execute the function;
based on the selection of the second device, communicate with the second device to execute the first function at the first device;
while paired with the second device, receive user input to execute a second function different from the first function;
based on the user input and while paired with the second device, communicate with the second and third devices to heuristically determine which of the second and third devices to use to execute the second function;
select the third device to use to execute the second function;
and
based on selecting the third device to use to execute the second function, un-pair from the second device and pair with the third device to execute the second function.

8 more elements

At least one computer readable storage medium (CRSM) that is not a transitory signal or a propagating electrical signal or an electromagnetic signal per se or a carrier wave, the computer readable storage medium comprising instructions executable by at least one processor to:

communicate, at a first device, with second and third devices to determine which of the second and third devices to use to execute a function using the first device, the determination being based on one or more predetermined criteria for execution of the function, the one or more predetermined criteria comprising which of the second and third devices currently has a greater cellular data use allotment remaining;
select one of the second and third devices based on the determination;
and
based on the selection, communicate with the selected device to execute the function using the first device.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 16/884,612Filed 27 May 2020
Granted: 3 Aug 2021
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification6 codes

H04W 76/20
Connection management: manipulation of established connections
H04W 4/48
For vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]: for in-vehicle communication
H04W 4/70
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services for machine-to-machine communication [M2M] or…
H04W 4/80
Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor: services using short range communication, e.g. near-field…