Patent ID: 8108010
Filing Date: 2012-01-31
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An in-vehicle handsfree apparatus performing a handsfree phone call with a cellular phone, the cellular phone storing (i) a plurality of phone book data, each phone book data containing registration information in association with more than one phone number, and (ii) historical call data on phone numbers of at least one of an outgoing call and an incoming call of the cellular phone, the in-vehicle handsfree apparatus comprising: a handsfree connection section configured to connect a protocol to perform a handsfree phone call with the cellular phone; a historical call data acquisition section configured to acquire, from the cellular phone, historical call data; a phone book data acquisition section configured to acquire a phone number from the phone book data stored in the cellular phone; and a control section configured to perform a first dialing control using a first phone number included in the acquired historical call data under a condition that a user performs a predetermined operation via an operation section in a state that a protocol for performing the handsfree phone call with the cellular phone is connected by the handsfree connection section; wherein when (i) a destination in the first dialing control using the first phone number does not answer and (ii) a second phone number, which is different from the first phone number, is registered in the registration information of the first phone number, the control section is further configured to cause the phone book data acquisition section to acquire the second phone number from the plurality of phone book data in the cellular phone and perform a second dialing control by using the acquired second phone number.