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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 03, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 07, 2013
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yiping Xia, Shanghai, CN;
Douglas VanDagens, Beverly Hills, MI (US);
Edward Andrew Pleet, Livonia, MI (US);
Doron M. Elliott, Detroit, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system for outputting visual data from a mobile device application on a mobile computing device to a vehicle display, the system comprising a wireless transceiver for communicating signals between a mobile computing device and a vehicle computing system having a graphical display. The vehicle computing system is configured to receive caller identification from the mobile computing device identifying a mobile device application configured to operate with the vehicle computing system. The vehicle computer system is also configured to receive a signal from the mobile computing device representative of a visual indication to be displayed on the vehicle display. The vehicle computer system may determine a location to display the visual indication on the display and output the visual indication on the vehicle display at the determined location.