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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 18, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Doron M. Elliott, Detroit, MI (US);
Ryan Robert Dauzet, Taylor, MI (US);
Jeffrey Raymond Ostrowski, Dearborn, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a verbal request to active an audio playback application on a remote device wirelessly connected to the processor. The processor is also configured to relay the request to the remote device for handling. The processor is further configured to receive a request from the remote device for audio playback. The processor is also configured to select a source channel for incoming audio. The processor is additionally configured to receive incoming audio from the remote device over the selected source channel and playback the incoming audio over a vehicle output.