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Extensible infotainment/telematics system with process control shifting

US8615273B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

HARMAN BECKER AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS GMBH · DE

Inventors

Lee Bauer · Grosse Pointe Farms, US
Erich Geiger · St. Georgen im Schwarzwald, DE

Key dates

Filing date	Feb 4, 2008
Grant date	Dec 24, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 25, 2031

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG08C17/00
WIPO fieldTelecommunications
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A system includes a fixed base unit adapted to execute a first set of stand-alone infotainment/telematics functions and a portable communication device adapted to execute a second set of stand-alone infotainment/telematics functions. The first set of stand-alone infotainment/telematics functions may overlap with one or more of the second set of stand-alone infotainment/telematics functions. The fixed base unit and the portable communication device are connectable with one another for intelligent communication to shift at least one of the overlapping infotainment/telematics functions from the portable communication device or the fixed base unit to the other of the portable communication device or the fixed base unit. Shifting of the overlapping infotainment/telematics functions may be based on the relative processing power of the portable communication device and the fixed base unit.

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