Stateful integration of a vehicle information system user interface with mobile device operations

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10402040-B2
Application number	US-201615387959-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 22, 2016
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A method, device, and vehicle information system are provided for persisting application context from the vehicle information system to the mobile device. The mobile device provides access to at least one application executing on the mobile device to the vehicle information system. On termination of that access, an operating context is determined for each of the mobile device applications where possible. In some cases, where application context is persisted from one system or device to the other, the current data is presented in accordance with a transport modality associated with the other device or system.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by an in-vehicle information system, access to operational condition data of an electronic device while the electronic device is linked to the in-vehicle information system, the in-vehicle information system providing user interface access to the electronic device on a display screen of the in-vehicle information system;
determining that the operational condition data reflecting operating status of the electronic device satisfies a predetermined resource availability threshold; and
in response to determining that the operational condition data reflecting operating status of the electronic device satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold, displaying a first status indicator associated with the operational condition data on an user interface of the in-vehicle information system.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein displaying the first status indicator associated with the operational condition data on the user interface includes persisting the first status indicator on the user interface while the operational condition data continues to satisfy the predetermined resource availability threshold.

3. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining whether the operational condition data no longer satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold; and
in response to determining that the operational condition data no longer satisfies the predetermined criteria resource availability threshold, removing the first status indicator from the user interface of the in-vehicle information system.

4. The method of claim 2 , further comprising:
determining that a link between the in-vehicle information system and the electronic device has been terminated; and
in response to determining that the link has been terminated, removing the first status indicator from the user interface of the in-vehicle information system.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first status indicator is a battery level indicator and the operational condition data includes data indicating a remaining battery charge of the electronic device,
and wherein determining that the operational condition data satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold includes determining that the remaining battery charge of the electronic device is less than a low battery threshold value.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first status indicator is a wireless network carrier indicator and the operational condition data includes data indicating a wireless network carrier that the electronic device has established a link with,
and wherein determining that the operational condition data satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold includes determining that the wireless network carrier that the electronic device has established a link with is not a home wireless network carrier.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the first status indicator is a signal strength indicator and the operational condition data includes data indicating a signal strength of a connection between the electronic device and a base station,
and wherein determining that the operational condition data satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold includes determining that the signal strength of the connection between the electronic device and the base station is less than a low signal strength threshold value.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein receiving access to the operational condition data includes receiving the operational condition data of the electronic device at a link program executing on the in-vehicle information system, and wherein the link program is configured to generate the user interface based on the operational condition data of the electronic device.

9. An in-vehicle information system, comprising:
a display screen;
a communication subsystem adapted for communication with an electronic device; and
a processor configured to enable:
receiving, by the in-vehicle information system using the communications subsystem, access to operational condition data of the electronic device while the electronic device is linked to the in-vehicle information system, the in-vehicle information system providing user interface access to the electronic device on a display screen of the in-vehicle information system;
determining that the operational condition data reflecting operating status of the electronic device satisfies a predetermined resource availability threshold; and
in response to determining that the operational condition data reflecting operating status of the electronic device satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold, displaying a first status indicator associated with the operational condition data on an user interface of the in-vehicle information system.

10. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein displaying the first status indicator associated with the operational condition data on the user interface includes persisting the first status indicator on the user interface while the operational condition data continues to satisfy the predetermined resource availability threshold.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining whether the operational condition data no longer satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold; and
in response to determining that the operational condition data no longer satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold, removing the first status indicator from the user interface of the in-vehicle information system.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , further comprising:
determining that a link between the in-vehicle information system and the electronic device has been terminated; and
in response to determining that the link has been terminated, removing the first status indicator from the user interface of the in-vehicle information system.

13. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first status indicator is a battery level indicator and the operational condition data includes data indicating a remaining battery charge of the electronic device,
and wherein determining that the operational condition data satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold includes determining that the remaining battery charge of the electronic device is less than a low battery threshold value.

14. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first status indicator is a wireless network carrier indicator and the operational condition data includes data indicating a wireless network carrier that the electronic device has established a link with,
and wherein determining that the operational condition data satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold includes determining that the wireless network carrier that the electronic device has established a link with is not a home wireless network carrier.

15. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein the first status indicator is a signal strength indicator and the operational condition data includes data indicating a signal strength of a connection between the electronic device and a base station,
and wherein determining that the operational condition data satisfies the predetermined resource availability threshold includes determining that the signal strength of the connection between the electronic device and the base station is less than a low signal strength threshold value.

16. The electronic device of claim 9 , wherein receiving access to the operational condition data includes receiving the operational condition data of the electronic device at a link pr

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd
• Ontario Inc 2236008
• 2336008 Ontario Inc

Inventors

• Langlois Michael George
• Johnson Benjamin Allan

Classifications

• H04W4/40

  for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] · CPC title

• H04W4/00

  Services specially adapted for wireless communication networks; Facilities therefor · CPC title

• H04L67/148

  Migration or transfer of sessions · CPC title

• G06F3/167

  Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback · CPC title

• G01C21/3661

  Guidance output on an external device, e.g. car radio · CPC title