Patent ID: 11909903
Assignee: KIA CORPORATION
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  G | IPC B  G  H

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 2, wherein the connection confirming process includes:
an operation in which when the terminal of a user is located in the vehicle, the communication unit starts a connection with the terminals registered in the AVN system of the vehicle through communication;
an operation in which the connection confirming unit determines whether the terminal registered in the AVN system of the vehicle is connected through communication as a result of the connection with the communication unit through communication, and when the communication terminal is connected through communication, the connection confirming unit determines whether the corresponding terminals is connected with a hands-free function provided by the AVN system of the vehicle through communication;
an operation in which when the corresponding terminal is connected with a hands-free function through communication as a result of the determination of operation, a priority calculating starting operation for performing the priority calculating process is performed, and when the corresponding terminal is not connected with a hands-free function through communication, the connection confirming unit determines whether the corresponding terminal is connected with a contact information transmission function provided by the AVN system of the vehicle through communication;
an operation in which when the corresponding terminal is connected with the contact information transmission function through communication as a result of the determination of operation, the priority calculating starting operation for performing the priority calculating process is performed, and when the corresponding terminal is not connected with the contact information transmission function through communication, the connection confirming unit determines whether the contact information of the corresponding terminal is previously stored and exists in the AVN system of the vehicle;
an operation in which when the contact information of the corresponding terminal is previously stored and exists as a result of the determination of operation, the priority calculating starting operation for performing the priority calculating process is performed, and when the contact information of the corresponding terminal is not previously stored and does not exist, the connection confirming unit determines whether the corresponding terminal is connected to another application function provided by the AVN system of the vehicle, other than the hands-free function or the contact information transmission function, through communication; and
an operation in which when the corresponding terminal is connected to another application function through communication as a result of the determination of operation, the priority calculating starting operation for performing the priority calculating process is performed, and when the corresponding terminal is not connected to another application function through communication, the connection confirming unit changes a communication target to a terminal of a next order and starts a connection through communication.