Patent ID: 9267813
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G01C,H04B,H04M

Claim Text:
1. An on-board device mounted on a vehicle and having an output device including at least a display device, the on-board device comprising: a communications device that communicates with a mobile device having a unit for executing one or more application programs and a transmission controller that produces attribute information associated with output data produced by the one or more application programs; and an output controller that receives from the mobile device through the communications device the output data including graphical user interface (GUI) components produced by the one or more application programs and the attribute information associated with the output data, and controls outputting of the received output data to the output device on the basis of the attribute information; wherein the output controller is configured to determine if the attribute information received from the mobile device satisfies one or more predetermined conditions, and is further configured to output the received output data to the output device if the determination is positive, and to process the received output data to satisfy the one or more predetermined conditions if the determination is negative; wherein the attribute information associated with the output data includes at least one of A) numbers and types of input operation required to a user, B) number of display items, C) colors of the display items, D) number of characters to be displayed, and E) types of the one or more application programs, and wherein the output controller determines based on the attribute information if the received output data including GUI components are appropriate for display on the display device while the vehicle is moving.