Patent ID: 8725125
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method for playing media assets in a vehicle, the method comprising: detecting, using control circuitry, a first signal indicating the existence of a voice call in a vehicle equipment; determining whether a portable device inside of the vehicle is playing a media asset that includes an audio component being output through a first audio device; comparing audio level of the output of the audio component of the media asset with an audio level threshold stored in a database to determine whether the output of the audio component of the media asset through the first audio device will interfere with audio output of the voice call through the vehicle equipment; repressing output of the audio component through the first audio device upon determining that the output of the audio component through the first audio device will interfere with the audio output of the voice call; and maintaining uninterrupted output of the audio component through the first audio device upon determining that the output of the audio component through the first audio device will not interfere with the audio output of the voice call.