Method for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal, computer program product, mobile user terminal, system and motor vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2017282936-A1
Application number	US-201715476600-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 31, 2017
Priority date	Apr 1, 2016
Publication date	Oct 5, 2017
Grant date	—

Abstract

A method is disclosed for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal. The mobile user terminal and/or the motor vehicle send a request to establish a communications link between the motor vehicle and the mobile user terminal. A check is carried out as to whether the mobile user terminal is configured to output a transfer indication sent from the motor vehicle to the mobile user terminal. A communications link is established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is successful. A communications link is not established between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal if the check is unsuccessful.

First claim

1 - 15 . (canceled)

16 . A method for producing a communications link between a motor vehicle and a mobile user terminal comprising:
sending a request to establish a communications link between the motor vehicle and the mobile user terminal; checking whether the mobile user terminal is configured to output a transfer indication sent from the motor vehicle to the mobile user terminal; enabling the communications link between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal when the check is successful; and disabling the communications link between motor vehicle and mobile user terminal when the check is unsuccessful.

17 . The method according to claim 16 , further comprising:
generating and sending the transfer indication to the mobile user terminal by the communications link when the check is successful; and outputting the transfer indication on the mobile user terminal in a manner perceptible to the driver.

18 . The method according to claim 17 , wherein the transfer indication is output in at least one of a visual manner, an audible manner or haptic manner.

19 . The method according to claim 17 , further comprising loading a computer program product in a non-transitory medium and executing the computer program product on a processor in the mobile user terminal, wherein the computer program product is configured to process and output the transfer indication on the mobile user terminal.

20 . The method according to claim 19 , further comprising establishing a resource priority in the processor of the mobile user terminal for the computer program product.

21 . The method according to claim 16 , further comprising outputting the transfer indication via a communications system of the motor vehicle.

22 . The method according to claim 16 , wirelessly sending the transfer indication over a wireless communications link.

23 . The method according to claim 16 , outputting the transfer indication on a plurality of mobile user terminals simultaneously.

24 . The method according to claim 16 , wherein the motor vehicle is operable in an automated driving mode, wherein the automated driving mode is disabled when the check is not completed successfully.

25 . A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium having commands embedded thereon, which, when they are executed on a processor is configured to execute a method according to claim 16 .

26 . A mobile user terminal comprising a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium having programming commands, which when executed on a processor are configured to:
establish a communications link between a motor vehicle operable in an autonomous driving mode and the mobile user terminal; receive a transfer indication; and output the transfer indication on the mobile user terminal when the autonomous driving mode is being disabled.

27 . The mobile user terminal according to claim 26 , wherein the mobile user terminal is selected from the group consisting of a mobile telephone, a tablet, an electronic book-reading device, a smart watch and a music-playing device.

28 . A system comprising a mobile user terminal according to claim 26 , a processor and a non-transitory computer-readable medium having programming commands, which when executed on the processor are configured to establish the communications link with the mobile user terminal and send a transfer indication.

29 . A motor vehicle comprising a system according to claim 28 .

30 . The motor vehicle according to claim 29 , comprising a device for automated driving and a transceiver configured to establish the communications link with the mobile user terminal.

Assignees

• Gm Global Tech Operations Llc

Inventors

• Wagner Nikolas
• Schmidt Gerald

Classifications

• H04B1/3822

  specially adapted for use in vehicles (H04B1/3827 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L67/14 Primary

  Session management (for real-time applications in data packet communications networks H04L65/1066) · CPC title

• B60W50/14 Primary

  Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention · CPC title

• B60W2050/146

  Display means · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title