Methods and systems for locating contacts

摘要

Various embodiments relate to determining a location of a contact. A request may be transmitted from a vehicle computer to locate one or more contacts remote from a vehicle. A response to the request transmitted from a communication device of the one or more contacts may be received at the vehicle computer. The location of the one or more contacts may be determined. Instructions to navigate to the location may be received at the vehicle computer and a route may be calculated based on the one or more contacts' location. A status of the response to the request to locate may be output.

主权项

1. A system for determining a location of a contact, the system comprising:
an in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) unit comprising one or more in-vehicle interfaces for receiving and transmitting information and configured to:
receive input at the IVI identifying one or more contacts remote from the IVI unit to locate;transmit a first request to locate the one or more contacts remote from the IVI unit without making a voice call to the one or more contacts, the one or more contacts associated with a first remote communication device;if unsuccessful at receiving a response after transmission of the first locate request to the first remote communication device of the one or more contacts, automatically transmit a second request from the IVI unit to a second remote communication device of the one or more contacts to locate the one or more contacts;upon successful transmission of the locate request, receive at the IVI unit a response to the locate request transmitted from the first or second remote communication device of the one or more contacts;if the response is to share a location,
receive the location of the one or more contacts; andinput location information to a navigation module of the IVI unit for calculating a route to the one or more contacts' location if instructions to navigate to the location are also received; andoutput information relevant to a status of the response to the request to locate if the response is to not share the location or if instructions to navigate are not received.