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

Claim 8:
9. A computer system for managing communication prioritization in a vehicle, the computer system comprising: one or more processors, one or more computer-readable memories, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more processors via at least one of the one or more computer-readable memories, wherein the computer system is configured to:
detect that the vehicle is operated by a human driver;
receive a communication at a device associated with the human driver, wherein the device is within the vehicle;
determine that the communication has a high priority;
alert the human driver to the communication and receive an indication from the human driver to route the communication to a passenger in the vehicle;
identify the passenger in the vehicle;
determine a relationship proximity score for the passenger with respect to the human driver; and
route the communication to the passenger based on the relationship proximity score for the passenger with respect to the human driver; wherein, when determined that the communication cannot be routed to the passenger in the vehicle,
modify the vehicle operation such that the vehicle is operated autonomously;
route 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, modify the vehicle operation such that the vehicle is operated by the human driver.