Speech recognition functionality in a vehicle through an extrinsic device

A method, comprising:

• detecting, via a communication component of a vehicle, a presence of a mobile communications device in the vehicle, the mobile communications device configured with a speech recognition component;
• encoding, via a computer processor embedded in the vehicle, data lists of content stored in a memory device of the vehicle;
• transmitting, via the computer processor, the data lists of content and a unique identifier of the vehicle over a data connection to the mobile communications device, the data lists of content linked to the unique identifier;
• in response to receiving a request to initiate a voice recognition session via an input component of the vehicle, transmitting the request and the unique identifier over the data connection to the speech recognition component of the mobile communications device;
• activating the speech recognition component responsive to the request;
• retrieving, via a computer processor of the mobile communications device, the data lists of content via the unique identifier;
• and
• in response to a user voice command received by the speech recognition component, the speech recognition component interprets the user voice command, determines an action by evaluating the user voice command in view of the data lists of content, and transmits an instruction to the computer processor of the vehicle, the instruction directing the vehicle to implement the action.

A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having instructions embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to implement a method, the method comprising:

• detecting, via a communication component of a vehicle, a presence of a mobile communications device in the vehicle, the mobile communications device configured with a speech recognition component;
• encoding, via a computer processor embedded in the vehicle, data lists of content stored in a memory device of the vehicle;
• transmitting, via the computer processor, the data lists of content and a unique identifier of the vehicle over a data connection to the mobile communications device, the data lists of content linked to the unique identifier;
• in response to receiving a request to initiate a voice recognition session via an input component of the vehicle, transmitting the request and the unique identifier over the data connection to the speech recognition component of the mobile communications device;
• activating the speech recognition component responsive to the request, the activating causing a computer processor of the mobile communications device to retrieve the data lists of content via the unique identifier;
• and
• in response to a user voice command received by the speech recognition component, the speech recognition component interprets the user voice command, determines an action by evaluating the user voice command in view of the data lists of content, and transmits an instruction to the computer processor of the vehicle, the instruction directing the vehicle to implement the action.