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US 2019/0220104 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for vehicular mobile office services
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorBrandon Ryan Buckhalt
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to detect a presence of a docked phone and responsively determine whether a vehicle is in a predetermined safe-state for mobile office functionality. The processor is also configured to engage desktop functionality on a vehicle display, responsive to determining that the vehicle is in the safe-state. The processor is additionally configured to engage an application to translate keyboard and mouse controls into phone controls and enable a wireless keyboard and a mouse for control of the vehicle display.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- detect a presence of a docked phone and responsively determine whether a vehicle is in a predetermined safe-state for mobile office functionality;
- and
- responsive to determining that the vehicle is in the safe-state:
- engage desktop functionality on a vehicle display;
- engage an application to translate keyboard and mouse inputs into the vehicle into phone controls to be sent to the phone from the vehicle;
- and
- enable a wireless keyboard and a mouse for control of the vehicle display.
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A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- detect a presence of a docked phone in a vehicle docking bay;
- and
- responsive to detecting the phone:
- engage desktop functionality on a vehicle display associated with the docking bay;
- enable a keyboard and mouse for control of the phone;
- and
- route command signals from the keyboard and mouse to the vehicle display associated with the docking bay.
5 more elements
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- repurpose a vehicle control, provided with a primary function other than cursor control, as a display cursor control, responsive to determining that a desktop functionality has been enabled on a vehicle display;
- and
- route commands from the repurposed control to the vehicle display to control a cursor displayed on the display.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.