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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 12, 2019
Filed:
Jan. 08, 2013
Harman International Industries, Inc., Stamford, CT (US);
Arvin Baalu, Bangalore, IN;
Manu Malhotra, Bangalore, IN;
Sangeetha Venkateswaran, Bangalore, IN;
Omprakash Meena, Bangalore, IN;
HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED, Stamford, CT (US);
Abstract
A system is provided for integrating a feature rich application platform operating on a mobile device with a vehicle infotainment system. The system includes a head unit configured to control user interface devices including a display, a command entry device, and an audio output device. The head unit also includes computing resources and a communications interface. A content consumer application operates using the computing resources of the head unit, and is configured to communicate user generated commands over a communications interface to a content provider application executing on a mobile device. The content provider application is configured to direct the user generated commands to one of a plurality of sub-applications on the mobile device.