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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 04, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 05, 2011
Dan Alan Preston, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Dan Alan Preston, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
EAGLE HARBOR HOLDINGS, LLC, Bainbridge Island, WA (US);
Abstract
A method is described for operating a vehicle audio system having a wired audio source, a display, multiple speakers and logic circuitry. The system is configured to sense the availability of a wireless audio device that is located near the vehicle, and identify a wireless audio device record stored in memory. The wireless device record includes data codes from the wireless audio device and from a software application running on the device. When the data codes and a software application are identified on the device, a second software application is downloaded from memory and data is processed from the device with the second software application. The method provides a vehicle occupant with an option to play sound from the wireless audio device through vehicle speakers or a speaker in the device.