Patent ID: 8682004
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling distribution of audio data to speakers in a first vehicle participating in a vehicle-to-vehicle network in which participating vehicles generate audio data that is transmitted to other participating vehicles, comprising: receiving a plurality of audio data streams comprising an audio data stream received from each of a plurality of vehicle-to-vehicle network participant vehicles of the vehicle-to-vehicle network; providing indications of the received plurality of audio data streams to a user of the first vehicle to allow selection of audio data streams received from the plurality of vehicle-to-vehicle network participant vehicles to play over a speaker system of the first vehicle; receiving an input from the user of the first vehicle selecting one of the received plurality of audio data streams received from a second vehicle participating in the vehicle-to-vehicle network; establishing a geographic bearing of the second vehicle relative to the first vehicle using geographic position information of the first vehicle and the second vehicle; mapping the established geographic bearing of the second vehicle relative to the first vehicle onto specific speakers of the speaker system of the first vehicle; selecting the specific speakers in the first vehicle to distribute the selected audio data stream received from the second vehicle in accordance with the mapped established geographic bearing; and distributing the selected audio data stream received from the second vehicle to the selected specific speakers in the first vehicle in accordance with the established geographic bearing.