Patent ID: 8670756
Filing Date: 2014-03-11
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A mobile terminal for communicating with an in-vehicle apparatus comprising: a mobile connection detection device for detecting connection between the mobile terminal and the in-vehicle apparatus; and a mobile control device for controlling a plurality of functions, each of which is executed by consuming electric power of the mobile terminal, wherein, when the mobile connection detection device detects the connection, the mobile control device suppresses or stops executing one of the functions in the mobile terminal; wherein the mobile control device suppresses or stops executing the one of the functions, which is equivalent to a function in the in-vehicle apparatus or a communication terminal connected to the in-vehicle apparatus, and wherein the function in the in-vehicle apparatus or the communication terminal is executed by consuming electric power; the mobile terminal further comprising: an equivalent function determination device for determining whether the in-vehicle apparatus or the communication terminal includes the function equivalent to the one of the functions in the mobile terminal, and wherein the mobile control device suppresses or stops executing the one of the functions in the mobile terminal when the equivalent function determination device determines that the in-vehicle apparatus or the communication terminal includes the function equivalent to the one of the functions in the mobile terminal.