Patent ID: 11904883
Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A communication control system for a vehicle, comprising:
a communication management controller in communication with each of: a telematics communication device, an infotainment system, a vehicle subsystem controller, a cabin sensor, a spatial monitoring system, and a navigation system;
wherein the vehicle subsystem controller is in communication with the spatial monitoring system and the navigation system; and
wherein the communication management controller includes an instruction set, the instruction set being executable to:
monitor a vehicle state via the vehicle subsystem controller,
monitor an external environment state via the spatial monitoring system, the telematics communication device, and the navigation system,
monitor an in-cabin state via the cabin sensor and the infotainment system,
dynamically determine a driver workload score based upon the external environment state, the in-cabin state, and the vehicle state,
receive an incoming message,
rank the incoming message,
determine a notification action for the incoming message based upon the driver workload score and the rank of the incoming message, and
execute the notification action for the incoming message.