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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2019
Filed:
Nov. 23, 2016
Qualcomm Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
William Lloyd Atkinson, Toronto, CA;
Tung Chuen Kwong, Markham, CA;
Benjamin Koon Pan Chan, Markham, CA;
Henry Hing Law, Scarborough, CA;
Wilson Hung Yu, Markham, CA;
QUALCOMM Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
In an aspect, a user equipment (UE) is positioned within a driver operation zone of a vehicle, one or more UE-based user interfaces (UIs) are restricted and forwarded to a vehicle-based UI controller to permit access to the one or more UE-based features via a vehicle-based UI. In another aspect, the UE in the driver operation zone is engaged in hands-free speakerphone mode via a vehicle audio system of the vehicle, and an attempt to transition the UE to handset-based audio mode is blocked. In another aspect, when a handset-based audio capture and/or playback attempt of the UE is detected, the UE interacts with a vehicle audio system to temporarily reduce volume being output by one or more proximal speakers. In another aspect, the UE streams media to a media presentation device in its own zone or another zone of the vehicle for presentation thereon.