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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2006
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Maria Azua Himmel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Herman Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
Newton James Smith, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Clifford Jay Spinac, Austin, TX (US);
Maria Azua Himmel, Yorktown Heights, NY (US);
Herman Rodriguez, Austin, TX (US);
Newton James Smith, Jr., Austin, TX (US);
Clifford Jay Spinac, Austin, TX (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention presents a method and computer program product for operating a mobile electronic device having a wireless transceiver within an automobile having an on-board computer. The method includes: receiving a wireless information message from the mobile electronic device within the automobile to the on-board computer, establishing a wireless communication link between the on-board computer and the mobile electronic device; communicating instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile electronic device to disable a one or more features within the mobile electronic device; and then communicating reconfiguration instructions from the on-board computer to the mobile electronic device, whereby the mobile electronic device reconfigures itself to become a slave device to the on-board computer. The motorist may then utilize the mobile electronic device through the input and output devices of the on-board computer.