Patent ID: 11938820
Assignee: HARMAN INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIES, INCORPORATED
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 8:
9. A method of controlling vehicle systems of a vehicle with a mobile device, the method comprising:
receiving, at an in-vehicle interface system via a microphone, an utterance of a vocal command by an occupant of the vehicle;
determining whether a virtual personal assistant (VPA) of the vehicle is present within the vehicle;
transmitting the utterance from the in-vehicle interface system to the VPA of the vehicle, responsive to determining that the VPA of the vehicle is present within the vehicle;
transmitting the utterance from the in-vehicle interface system to the mobile device, responsive to determining that the VPA of the vehicle is not present within the vehicle;
receiving, at the in-vehicle interface system, a control signal from at least one of the VPA of the vehicle and the mobile device, the control signal generated according to the vocal command; and
transmitting the control signal from the in-vehicle interface system to at least one vehicle system of the vehicle for controlling the at least one vehicle system.