Patent ID: 9571659
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: H04L,H04M,H04W

Claim:
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having encoded therein programming code executable by one or more processors to perform or control performance of operations of a vehicle teleconference system, the operations comprising: accessing a scheduled time and teleconference contact information associated with a teleconference calendar event; determining whether an operator is operating a vehicle based at least partially on a synchronization between a mobile device and an abstraction and communication device that is configured to be interfaced with a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus of the vehicle; when an actual time is within a predetermined threshold of the scheduled time and the operator is operating the vehicle, determining whether the operator is one of a plurality of participants of a teleconference that is represented by the teleconference calendar event; in response to the operator being one of a plurality of participants, extracting the teleconference contact information from the teleconference calendar event; communicating a prompt to the operator to join the teleconference; receiving a confirmation from the operator to join the teleconference; communicating a signal indicating the confirmation to the mobile device via the abstraction and communication device; and placing a call using the mobile device and the teleconference contact information to join the teleconference.