Patent ID: 8704632

Claim:
An in-vehicle system including a portable terminal and an in-vehicle device, wherein one device selected from a group consisting of the portable terminal and the in-vehicle device includes: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a command corresponding to an operation performed with respect to the portable terminal or the in-vehicle device; a determining unit configured to determine whether execution of a command acquired by the acquiring unit is permitted, based on whether the command is related to a predetermined disadvantageous action for an occupant of a vehicle; and an execution controller configured to transfer the command to another device in the group when the determining unit determines that the execution of the command is not permitted, to cause the another device to execute the command, wherein: the determining unit is configured to determine whether execution of the command acquired by the acquiring unit is permitted, depending on whether the command corresponds to one of a permission condition and a prohibition condition for execution of the command in the one device, and whether the command corresponds to one of a permission condition and a prohibition condition for execution of the command in the another device; and the execution controller is configured to cause the one device to execute the command when the determining unit determines that the execution of the command in the one device is permitted, transfers the command to the another device when the determining unit determines that the execution of the command in the another device is permitted, and prohibits the execution of the command in either the one device or the another device when the determining unit determines that the execution of the command in the one device and the another device is not permitted.