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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9553967-B2
Application number	US-201615080153-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 24, 2016
Priority date	Mar 15, 2013
Publication date	Jan 24, 2017
Grant date	Jan 24, 2017

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:
an electronic device providing, to an in-vehicle information system, access to an application executing on the electronic device, the in-vehicle information system providing user interface access to the application on a display screen of the in-vehicle information system while the application is executing on the electronic device;
determining, by the electronic device, that a link with the in-vehicle information system has been terminated such that communication between the electronic device and the in-vehicle information system is terminated; and
in response to determining that the link has been terminated, resuming operation of the application on the electronic device and automatically changing a mode associated with the application.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein changing a mode associated with the application comprises altering an output screen for the application to adapt to a display of the electronic device.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: restricting, by the electronic device, the in-vehicle information system from accessing data designated as sensitive.

4. The method of claim 3 , wherein restricting the in-vehicle information system from accessing data designated as sensitive comprises restricting the in-vehicle information system from accessing data associated with a work perimeter.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application is a media player application.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the application in a navigation application.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing user interface access comprises providing application context information and associated data for the application to a link program executing on the in-vehicle information system, wherein the link program is configured to generated user interface views based on the application context information and associated data.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein resuming operation of the application on the electronic device comprises resuming a voice call on the electronic device.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising issuing an audible notification indicating the voice call has been resumed on the electronic device.

10. An electronic device, comprising:
a display screen;
a communications subsystem adapted for communication with an in-vehicle information system; and

a processor configured to enable:
providing, to the in-vehicle information system using the communications subsystem, access to an application executing on the electronic device, the in-vehicle information system providing user interface access to the application on a display screen of the in-vehicle information system while the application is executing on the electronic device;
determining that a link with the in-vehicle information system has been terminated such that communication between the electronic device and the in-vehicle information system is terminated; and
in response to determining that the link has been terminated, resuming operation of the application on the electronic device and automatically changing a mode associated with the application.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein changing a mode associated with the application comprises altering an output screen for the application to adapt to a display of the electronic device.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the processor is further configured to enable: restricting, by the electronic device, the in-vehicle information system from accessing data designated as sensitive.

13. The electronic device of claim 12 , wherein restricting the in-vehicle information system from accessing data designated as sensitive comprises restricting the in-vehicle information system from accessing data associated with a work perimeter.

14. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the application is a media player application.

15. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the application in a navigation application.

16. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein providing user interface access comprises providing application context information and associated data for the application to a link program executing on the in-vehicle information system, wherein the link program is configured to generated user interface views based on the application context information and associated data.

17. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein resuming operation of the application on the electronic device comprises resuming a voice call on the electronic device.

18. The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the processor is further configured to enable: issuing an audible notification indicating the voice call has been resumed on the electronic device.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer-executable instructions which, when executed configure an electronic device to enable:
providing, to an in-vehicle information system, access to an application executing on the electronic device, the in-vehicle information system providing user interface access to the application on a display screen of the in-vehicle information system while the application is executing on the electronic device;
determining, by the electronic device, that a link with the in-vehicle information system has been terminated such that communication between the electronic device and the in-vehicle information system is terminated; and
in response to determining that the link has been terminated, resuming operation of the application on the electronic device and automatically changing a mode associated with the application.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19 wherein changing a mode associated with the application comprises altering an output screen for the application to adapt to a display of the electronic device.

Assignees

• Blackberry Ltd
• Ontario Inc 2236008

Inventors

• Langlois Michael George
• Johnson Benjamin Allan

Classifications

• H04M1/6083

  by interfacing with the vehicle audio system · CPC title

• G06T1/00

  General purpose image data processing · CPC title

• H04W76/10

  Connection setup · CPC title

• H04L67/148

  Migration or transfer of sessions · CPC title

• H04W4/40

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