Patent ID: 11910278
Assignee: T-MOBILE USA, INC.
Field: Telecommunications (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC G  H

Claim 8:
9. An electronic device comprising:
at least one processor;
an identification module configured to determine whether a triggering event has occurred;
a communication module configured to generate and transmit an activation message to a platform that the triggering event has occurred,
wherein the activation message includes an identifier of the electronic device;
wherein the platform translates an incoming message, intended for the electronic device, to an audio message; and
wherein the platform only translates the incoming message to the audio message when the incoming message is received within a first time period during a driving mode within which incoming message are to be converted to audio messages and not during a second time period during the driving mode within which incoming message are not to be converted to audio messages; and

an application running on the electronic device to connect the electronic device to a speaker of a vehicle or communicatively coupled to the electronically device and play the audio message received from the platform.