Patent ID: 8787987
Filing Date: 2014-07-22
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring a vehicle user interface that provides hands-free use of a mobile communications device by a vehicle operator, comprising the steps of: (a) establishing a short range wireless communication (SRWC) link between a mobile communications device located at a vehicle and a vehicle user interface in the vehicle; (b) wirelessly transmitting audio data from a telematics unit in the vehicle that is associated with the vehicle user interface, wherein the audio data in a first instance is received by the mobile communications device via one of the SRWC link or a cellular transmission between the telematics unit and the mobile communications device and then in a second instance is received by the telematics unit from the other of the SRWC link or the cellular transmission between the telematics unit and the mobile communications device, wherein: (c) configuring at least one audio parameter of the vehicle user interface based on the audio data received by the telematics unit from the other of the SRWC link or the cellular transmission between the telematics unit and the mobile communications device.