Patent ID: 11932285
Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 4:
5. A computer program product for managing communication prioritization in a vehicle, the computer program product comprising: a computer-readable storage medium storing computer-readable program code embodied therewith, the computer-readable program code comprising program code executable by a computer to perform a method comprising:
detecting that the vehicle is operated by a human driver;
receiving a communication at a device associated with the human driver, wherein the device is within the vehicle;
determining that the communication has a high priority;
alerting the human driver to the communication and receiving an indication from the human driver to route the communication to a passenger in the vehicle;
identifying the passenger in the vehicle;
determining a relationship proximity score for the passenger with respect to the human driver; and
routing the communication to the passenger based on the relationship proximity score for the passenger with respect to the human driver; wherein, upon determining that the communication cannot be routed to the passenger in the vehicle,
modifying the vehicle operation such that the vehicle is operated autonomously;
routing the communication to the device associated with the human driver; and in response to determining that a driver state is compatible with operating the vehicle at the end of the communication, modifying the vehicle operation such that the vehicle is operated by the human driver.