Motor vehicle mobile phone configuration and communication method
AssigneeVolkswagen Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsVolkmar Tanneberger, Nikolai Reimer
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Abstract
A mobile radio configuration for a motor vehicle has a vehicle-mounted terminal that is firmly installed in the vehicle. The terminal has, or is connected to, a mobile radio module linked with an antenna and a Bluetooth module. The system further includes a radio terminal that is provided with a SIM and a Bluetooth module. A Bluetooth connection can be established between the vehicle-mounted terminal an the mobile radio terminal, via which connection the SIM data can be transferred into the firmly installed terminal which then logs onto the mobile radio network using the SIM data. The mobile radio terminal functions as a handset of the vehicle-mounted terminal and the useful data are exchanged via the Bluetooth modules.
Claims6
A motor-vehicle mobile phone configuration, comprising:
- a vehicle-mounted terminal permanently installed in a vehicle and connected to a mobile phone module with an antenna and a first Bluetooth module;
- a mobile phone terminal having a subscriber identity module (SIM) and a second Bluetooth module configured to set up between said vehicle-mounted terminal and said mobile phone terminal a Bluetooth connection for transmitting SIM data to said vehicle-mounted terminal and signing on to a mobile phone network using the SIM data;
- said mobile phone terminal operating as a handset for said vehicle-mounted terminal, enabling a user to communicate via a microphone of said mobile phone terminal and through said vehicle-mounted terminal, wherein useful data is exchanged via said first and second Bluetooth modules.
A method for mobile phone communication in a motor vehicle, which comprises:
- providing a motor-vehicle mobile phone configuration having:
- a vehicle-mounted terminal permanently installed in the motor vehicle, the vehicle-mounted terminal including a mobile phone module connected to an antenna and a Bluetooth module;
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- a mobile phone terminal having a subscriber identity module (SIM) and a Bluetooth module;
- setting up a Bluetooth connection between the vehicle-mounted terminal and the mobile phone terminal and transmitting SIM data from the SIM to the vehicle-mounted terminal;
- signing on to a mobile phone network, with the vehicle-mounted terminal using the SIM data;
- exchanging useful data between the Bluetooth module of the vehicle-mounted terminal and the Bluetooth module of the mobile phone terminal, and thereby operating the mobile phone terminal as a handset of the vehicle-mounted terminal, enabling a user to communicate via a microphone of said mobile phone terminal and through said vehicle-mounted terminal;
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- enabling a user to selectively communicate directly via the vehicle-mounted terminal or via the mobile phone terminal as a handset of the vehicle-mounted terminal.
A motor-vehicle mobile phone configuration, comprising:
- a vehicle-mounted terminal permanently installed in a vehicle and connected to a mobile phone module with an antenna and a first Bluetooth module;
- a mobile phone terminal having a microphone, a subscriber identity module (SIM), and a second Bluetooth module configured to establish between said vehicle-mounted terminal and said mobile phone terminal a Bluetooth connection for transmitting SIM data to said vehicle-mounted terminal and signing on to a mobile phone network using the SIM data;
- said mobile phone terminal operating as a handset for said vehicle-mounted terminal, enabling a user to communicate via said microphone of said mobile phone terminal and through said vehicle-mounted terminal, wherein useful data is exchanged via said first and second Bluetooth modules.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.