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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018

Filed:

Dec. 29, 2015
Applicant:

The Directv Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Inventors:

Don E. Cansino, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Stephen H. Chu, Sherman Oaks, CA (US);

Bhavyank V. Shah, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Viswanadha Raju Kovvuru, Redondo Beach, CA (US);

Kenneth H. Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);

Ricardo Mancinas Lopez, Whittier, CA (US);

Edgar C. Camacho, Torrance, CA (US);

Assignee:

The DIRECTV Group, Inc., El Segundo, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 21/414 (2011.01); H04N 21/41 (2011.01); H04N 21/45 (2011.01); B60K 35/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/36 (2006.01); H04N 7/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/445 (2011.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/1423 (2013.01); B60K 35/00 (2013.01); G01C 21/3667 (2013.01); H04N 21/4122 (2013.01); H04N 21/4126 (2013.01); H04N 21/41422 (2013.01); H04N 21/4532 (2013.01); B60K 2350/104 (2013.01); B60K 2350/106 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1028 (2013.01); B60K 2350/1076 (2013.01); B60K 2350/352 (2013.01); B60K 2350/967 (2013.01); G09G 2380/10 (2013.01); H04N 7/20 (2013.01); H04N 2005/44556 (2013.01); H04N 2005/44569 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system and method for controlling an in-vehicle infotainment system to control content in using a primary display includes a mobile device and the in-vehicle infotainment system in communication with the mobile device. The in-vehicle infotainment system comprises the primary display and a first secondary display. The in-vehicle infotainment system receives a first content selection signal for a first content. The first secondary display displays the first content in response to the first content selection signal. The primary display displays a content identifier corresponding to the first content.


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