Patent ID: 7283849
Filing Date: 2007-10-16
Classification: B60R,H04M

Abstract:
1. An arrangement for use in a motor vehicle, comprising a base station, an adapter, and a mobile telephone, all electronically interconnected with one another, said base station comprising two interfaces and a module having a first controller that interfaces with a network in the motor vehicle and a second controller that operates in parallel with the first controller for interacting with the mobile telephone, said adapter comprising two interfaces and at least one module for adapting the mobile telephone to the base station and for adapting the base station to the mobile telephone, wherein said base station is universal in that it can be used with a variety of different mobile telephones, and wherein said adapter is specifically matched with a particular mobile telephone and carries out matching of information between said base station and the particular mobile telephone and also carries out electrical and protocol matching between the particular mobile telephone and said base station, and wherein said adapter and said base station communicate wirelessly through their respective interfaces via electromagnetic radio waves and said mobile telephone and said adapter communicate wirelessly through their respective interfaces via electromagnetic radio waves.