MOBILE DEVICE APPLICATION INTEGRATION WITH INFOTAINMENT HEADUNITS

摘要

A system is provided for integrating a feature rich application platform operating on a mobile device with a vehicle infotainment system. The system includes a head unit configured to control user interface devices including a display, a command entry device, and an audio output device. The head unit also includes computing resources and a communications interface. A content consumer application operates using the computing resources of the head unit, and is configured to communicate user generated commands over a communications interface to a content provider application executing on a mobile device. The content provider application is configured to direct the user generated commands to one of a plurality of sub-applications on the mobile device.

主权项

1. A system for integrating a feature rich application platform operating on a mobile device and a vehicle infotainment system, the system comprising:
a head unit configured to control access to a user input device in the vehicle infotainment system, the head unit having a processor and a communications interface; and a content consumer application operating under control of the processor in the head unit and configured to communicate user generated commands entered by a user via the user input device over the communications interface to a content provider application executing on the mobile device, the content provider application configured to direct the user generated commands to a sub-application executing on the mobile device.