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US 8,942,888 B2Granted
Extensible scheme for operating vehicle head unit as extended interface for mobile device
AssigneeAirbiquity Inc.
InventorsDarren L. Garrett, Leon Hong
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Abstract
In an example, a processing device sends, to a remote network device, a request for an application of a mobile device to utilize a resource of a vehicle head unit, the request including a first profile of the vehicle head unit and a second profile of the mobile device. Responsive to sending the request, the processing device receives an instruction from the remote network device, the instruction to be executed by embedded software of the vehicle head unit so as to enable the application to utilize a resource of the vehicle head unit.
Claims11
An apparatus, comprising:
- a processing device configured to couple to a motor vehicle over a network, the processing device configured to:
- receive a request for an application of a portable device located in the motor vehicle to utilize a resource of the motor vehicle, the request including a first profile of a head unit of the motor vehicle and a second profile of the portable device that is located in the motor vehicle;
- determine whether the requested application of the portable device is authorized to utilize the resource of the motor vehicle based on a current status of the motor vehicle;
- and
- responsive to determining that the requested application of the portable device is authorized to utilize the resource of the motor vehicle, download an instruction to the head unit, the instruction to be executed by embedded software of the head unit so as to enable the requested application of the portable device in the motor vehicle to utilize the resource of the motor vehicle.
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A method, comprising:
- sending, using a vehicle head unit or a mobile device coupled to the vehicle head unit, a request for an application of the mobile device to utilize a resource of the vehicle head unit, the request including a first profile of the vehicle head unit and a second profile of the mobile device;
- and
- responsive to sending the request, receiving from a the remote network device an instruction to be executed using the vehicle head unit;
- executing, using embedded software of the vehicle head unit, the instruction so as to enable the requested application of the mobile device to utilize a resource of the vehicle head unit.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.