Patent ID: 9598070
Date: 2017-03-21
CPC Classifications: B60W,G01C,H04B,H04M,H04N,H04R

Claim:
1. An infotainment system for an automobile, the system comprising: a navigation system; an entertainment system; an audio output device; and a control system coupled to the navigation system, the entertainment system and the audio output device, the control system controlling access by the navigation system and the entertainment system to the audio output device, the control system including a conversation recognizer that determines if a conversation is being conducted, the control system varying operation of the audio output device in the event a conversation is being conducted, wherein the control system varies operation of the audio output device by delaying a navigation prompt from being played on the audio output device during at least a portion of the conversation; wherein the navigation prompt is delayed for a portion of the conversation until a location-based limit is reached.