Patent ID: 9466314
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: B60R,G10L

Claim Text:
1. A method for controlling a functional device in a vehicle and for controlling a mobile radio device external to the vehicle, comprising: receiving, by the vehicle, a file having data, the file being received from a source external to the vehicle; interpreting, by the vehicle, the data of the file, to obtain a plurality of application voice commands, each application voice command having a corresponding method of control for an application stored on the mobile radio device; storing the application voice commands; storing vehicle voice commands, each vehicle voice command having a corresponding method of control for a functional device in the vehicle; receiving, by the vehicle, a first voice input; comparing, by the vehicle, the first voice input with voice commands selected from the group consisting of the application voice commands and the vehicle voice commands; matching the first voice input with a selected application voice command when a correspondence is found; controlling the application stored on the mobile radio device in accordance with the method of control corresponding to the selected application voice command; receiving, by the vehicle, a second voice input; comparing, by the vehicle, the second voice input with voice commands selected from the group consisting of the application voice commands and the vehicle voice commands; matching the second voice input with a selected vehicle voice command when a correspondence is found; and controlling the functional device in the vehicle in accordance with the method of control corresponding to the selected vehicle voice command, wherein the comparing the first voice input comprises: comparing the first voice input with only those application voice commands which have a state which is the same as a current state of the mobile radio device; and comparing the first voice input with voice commands having no specific state allocated.