Nissan North America, Inc.

Rami Daman

Adam Saganski

Adrian Tan

Mohammad Sous

Luke S Blaszczynski

Asif Bader

A system and method of generating an in-vehicle favorite contacts list includes pairing a first mobile device with an in-vehicle infotainment system, and transferring data from the first mobile device to the in-vehicle infotainment system. The data includes a contacts list from the mobile device. The transferred data is weighted, and an in-vehicle favorite contacts list is generated based on the weighted data. The generated in-vehicle favorite contacts list is displayed on a display in the vehicle.

System and method of generating in-vehicle favorite contacts list

A multi-device in-vehicle-infotainment system is configured to playback audio files one after another using a media device shuffling operation and an audio file shuffling operation. Specifically, in response to instructions from a user interface, a controller is further configured to automatically provide a plurality of audio files, one audio file after another, to an audio output component where the controller selects the plurality of audio files randomly shuffling between a plurality of electronic media devices selecting one or more audio files from differing ones of the plurality of electronic media devices for audio playback.

Multi-device in-vehicle-infotainment system

A vehicle connection maintenance system includes a receiver, a transmitter, an electronic controller. The receiver is disposed in a vehicle and is configured to receive a signal from a portable device to enable the portable device to wirelessly connect to a connection system in the vehicle. The transmitter is disposed in the vehicle and is configured to transmit information related to the portable device. The electronic controller is configured to the cause the transmitter to transmit information when the receiver has received the signal from the portable device and the portable device is connected to the connection system of the vehicle to maintain wireless connection between the portable device and the connection system of the vehicle and prevent the portable device from wirelessly connecting to a remote system, the information indicating that the portable device is wirelessly connected to the connection system in the vehicle.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Rami Daman