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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2013
Cloudcar, Inc., Los Altos, CA (US);
Peter Barrett, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Bruce Leak, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Konstantin Othmer, Los Altos, CA (US);
Zarko Draganic, Belvedere, CA (US);
CLOUDCAR, INC., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
An example embodiment disclosed herein includes a vehicle teleconferencing system. The vehicle teleconferencing system includes an abstraction and communication device (hereinafter 'device') and a mobile device. The device includes an adaptor configured to interface with a Controller Area Network bus of a vehicle and to abstract vehicle data from the vehicle. The mobile device includes an operation determination module, a clock, and a teleconferencing module. The operation determination module is configured to determine that an operator is operating the vehicle based on a subset of the data. The clock is configured to track actual time. The teleconferencing module is configured to access a teleconference calendar event that includes a scheduled time and teleconference contact information, and when the actual time is within a predetermined threshold of the scheduled time and the operator is operating the vehicle, to prompt the operator to join a teleconference.