Methods and systems to customize a vehicle computing system based on an electronic calendar

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12120159-B2
Application number	US-202117223587-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 6, 2021
Priority date	Aug 6, 2015
Publication date	Oct 15, 2024
Grant date	Oct 15, 2024

Abstract

A vehicle system includes a processor programmed to output a shared screen for a meeting at a vehicle display configured to output infotainment settings. The processor is in communication with the vehicle display and a nomadic device. The processor is programmed to parse a calendar associated with the nomadic device for a meeting within a predefined or selected time window or period. The processor is further programmed to identify login information for the meeting, establish a communication link for the meeting based on the identified login information, and output a shared screen for the meeting at the display based on the vehicle being in a predefined state.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vehicle system comprising:
a primary display; and
a processor in communication with the display, and configured to:
receive information identifying a calendar appointment from a data set containing calendar appointments identified for a vehicle occupant of a vehicle including the vehicle system;
responsive to receiving the information, determine that a configuration time associated with the calendar appointment, the configuration time being a predefined time period prior to a scheduled start time, occurs at a time falling within a time window during which the vehicle occupant is projected to be within the vehicle based on a projected occupancy duration for the vehicle occupant;
responsive to the configuration time falling within the time window, present a selectable option to join the meeting to a user via the primary display;
responsive to selection of the selectable option, utilize credentials associated with the calendar appointment to join a meeting associated with the calendar appointment;
provide audio, but not video on the primary display, for the meeting while the meeting is in progress and responsive to the vehicle not being in a predefined state for video display; and
responsive to the vehicle being in the predefined state for video display, provide live video for the meeting via the primary display.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the information identifying the calendar appointment is received from a remote computing system remote from the vehicle.

3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data set containing calendar appointments includes a calendar specified by the vehicle occupant.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the data set containing calendar appointments is determined based on an association between the data set and the vehicle occupant based at least in part on a determined identity of the vehicle occupant.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the projected occupancy duration includes at least a projected travel time from a present location to an input destination.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising a secondary display in communication with the processor, the processor further configured to:
receive input instructing display of the meeting on the secondary display; and
provide live video via the secondary display regardless of whether the vehicle is in the predefined state for video display on the primary display.

7. A computer-implemented method comprising:
receiving information identifying a calendar appointment from a data set containing calendar appointments identified for a vehicle occupant of a vehicle including the vehicle system;
determining that a configuration time associated with the calendar appointment, the configuration time being a predefined time period prior to a scheduled start time, occurs at a time falling within a time window during which the vehicle occupant is projected to be within the vehicle based on a projected occupancy duration for the vehicle occupant;
responsive to the configuration time falling within the time window, presenting a selectable option to join the meeting to a user via the primary display;
responsive to selection of the selectable option, utilizing credentials associated with the calendar appointment to join a meeting associated with the calendar appointment;
receiving selection of a display, from at least a primary and secondary vehicle display, to be utilized for display of video associated with the meeting;
responsive to selection of the primary display:
providing audio for the meeting, but not video via the primary display, while the meeting is in progress and responsive to the vehicle not being in a predefined state for video display;
responsive to the vehicle being in the predefined state for video display, providing live video for the meeting via the primary display; and
responsive to selection of the secondary display:

providing live video for the meeting via the secondary display regardless of whether the vehicle is in the predefined state for display on the primary display.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the information identifying the calendar appointment is received from a remote computing system remote from the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the data set containing calendar appointments includes a calendar specified by the vehicle occupant.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the data set containing calendar appointments is determined based on an association between the data set and the vehicle occupant based at least in part on a determined identity of the vehicle occupant.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein the projected occupancy duration includes at least a projected travel time from a present location to an input destination.

12. A computer-implemented method executable by one or more processors of a vehicle, comprising:
receiving information identifying a calendar appointment;
determining that a configuration time associated with the calendar appointment, the configuration time being a predefined time period prior to a scheduled start time, occurs at a time falling within a time window based on a projected vehicle occupancy duration for the vehicle, based at least in part on a projected vehicle travel time for the vehicle to a destination;
responsive to the configuration time falling within the time window, presenting a user with meeting configuration options on a primary display, prior to the start time, the configuration options including at least a choice of one of a plurality of displays of the vehicle, including at least the primary display and a secondary vehicle display, for displaying video for a meeting associated with the calendar appointment; and
utilizing a different set of rules for display of the video based on which of the primary or secondary display is selected from the configuration options.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein if the primary display is selected as at least one display for displaying the video, the set of rules for displaying video for the meeting on the primary display includes determining that the vehicle is in a predefined state prior to displaying video on the primary display.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein if the primary display is selected as at least one display for displaying the video, the set of rules for continued displaying of video for the meeting on the primary display while the meeting is in progress includes determining that the vehicle remains in a predefined state during displaying of video on the primary display.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein display of the video on the secondary display is unconstrained by a vehicle movement state.

16. The method of claim 12 , wherein the configuration options further include user definable login information for the meeting and wherein the method includes utilizing received login information as verification credentials when requesting connection to the meeting.

17. The method of claim 12 , further comprising:
obtaining information usable for a vehicle computing system to login to the meeting, from data associated with the calendar appointment.

18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the information includes at least a hyperlink usable by the vehicle computing system to request access to the meeting.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Nelson Thomas
• Nasrallah Hussein F
• Apczynski Thomas E
• Hatton David Anthony

Classifications

• H04N7/147

  Communication arrangements, e.g. identifying the communication as a video-communication, intermediate storage of the signals (selecting H04Q) · CPC title

• H04M2203/2072

  Schedules, e.g. personal calendars · CPC title

• H04M3/567

  Multimedia conference systems · CPC title

• H04N7/142

  Constructional details of the terminal equipment, e.g. arrangements of the camera and the display · CPC title

• H04N7/15

  Conference systems · CPC title