Method and system for launching an application

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9369830-B2
Application number	US-201414546185-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 18, 2014
Priority date	May 23, 2014
Publication date	Jun 14, 2016
Grant date	Jun 14, 2016

Abstract

A mobile device comprising at least one controller in communication with one or more transceivers. The one or more transceivers are capable of communication with a vehicle computing system. The at least one controller configured to establish a communication link with the vehicle computing system. The controller further configured to receive a signal having an unique user identification from the vehicle computing system. The controller further configured to search for a mobile application based on the signal and enable the mobile application that matches the unique user identifier. The controller further configured to launch the mobile application.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A nomadic device comprising:
at least one controller communicating with a transceiver, the at least one controller configured to:
receive a wireless signal from a vehicle computer, the signal including an application identifier that uniquely identifies an application on the nomadic device;
determine the application corresponding to the application identifier;
launch the application corresponding to the application identifier; and
communicate at least a portion of data associated with the application to the vehicle computer.

2. The nomadic device of claim 1 , wherein the wireless signal is a BLUETOOTH signal.

3. The nomadic device of claim 2 , wherein the BLUETOOTH signal is generated by a BLUETOOTH beacon device.

4. The nomadic device of claim 3 , wherein the BLUETOOTH beacon device is an iBeacon.

5. The nomadic device of claim 1 , wherein the application identifier is a universal unique identifier (UUID).

6. The nomadic device of claim 5 , wherein the UUID is a sixty-four hexadecimal character identifier.

7. The nomadic device of claim 1 , wherein the application is configured to communicate with the vehicle computer via an application programming interface.

8. A computer-program product embodied in a non-transitory computer read-able medium that is programmed for launching an application on a nomadic device based on a wireless signal from a vehicle system, the computer-program product comprising instructions for:
receiving a wireless signal from a BLUETOOTH device included with a vehicle, the signal including an application identifier that uniquely identifies the application on the nomadic device;
determining the application corresponding to the application identifier;
launching the application corresponding to the application identifier; and
transmitting application data to the vehicle system.

9. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the application corresponding to the application identifier is launched from at least one of a suspended state, background state, and a terminated state.

10. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the BLUETOOTH device is an iBeacon.

11. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the application identifier is a universal unique identifier (UUID).

12. The computer-program product of claim 11 , wherein the UUID is a sixty-four hexadecimal character identifier.

13. The computer-program product of claim 8 , wherein the application is configured to communicate with the vehicle computing system via an application programming interface.

14. An application launch method comprising:
receiving a BLUETOOTH wireless signal from a vehicle computer, the signal including an application identifier that uniquely identifies an application on a nomadic device;
determining the application corresponding to the application identifier;
launching the application corresponding to the application identifier by the nomadic device; and
transmitting at least a portion of data associated with the application to the vehicle computer.

15. The application launch method of claim 14 , further comprising an iBeacon device communicating with the vehicle computer for generating the BLUETOOTH wireless signal.

16. The application launch method of claim 14 , wherein the application identifier is a universal unique identifier (UUID).

17. The application launch method of claim 16 , wherein the UUID is a sixty-four hexadecimal character identifier.

18. The application launch method of claim 14 , wherein the application corresponding to the application identifier is launched from at least one of a suspended state, background state, and a terminated state.

19. The application launch method of claim 14 , wherein the application is configured to communicate with a vehicle computer via an application programming interface.

20. The application launch method of claim 14 , further comprising outputting data received from the launched application to an output device of the nomadic device.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Nelson Thomas
• Hatton David Anthony
• Hass William Donald
• Nasrallah Hussein F

Classifications

• H04W4/21

  for social networking applications · CPC title

• H04W4/12 Primary

  Messaging; Mailboxes; Announcements · CPC title

• H04W4/025

  using location based information parameters · 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

• H04W4/90

  Services for handling of emergency or hazardous situations, e.g. earthquake and tsunami warning systems [ETWS] · CPC title