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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 04, 2011
Filed:
Sep. 22, 2006
Jaycee Murlidar, Troy, MI (US);
Nathan D. Ampunan, Novi, MI (US);
Jason W. Clark, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Ryan J. Wasson, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
John P. Weiss, Shelby Township, MI (US);
Jaycee Murlidar, Troy, MI (US);
Nathan D. Ampunan, Novi, MI (US);
Jason W. Clark, Grosse Pointe Woods, MI (US);
Ryan J. Wasson, Grosse Pointe Park, MI (US);
John P. Weiss, Shelby Township, MI (US);
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A method of managing communications for an in-vehicle telematics system includes substantially simultaneously receiving requests for communicating first and second audio signals via a vehicle audio system. The signals respectively correspond to interactive voice services (provided via a menu dialogue) from a first in-vehicle system and to a first audio messaging from a second in-vehicle system. An arbitration control selects one of the signals as a priority output and the other as a subordinate output. The priority output is provided over the audio system. A queue manager maintains the subordinate output in a queue for outputting over the audio system after priority output completion. If the first signal is the subordinate output, then the queue manager maintains a state of the menu dialogue, as of a time the priority output is selected, for continuation of the menu dialogue from the maintained state after priority output completion.