Patent ID: 8452349

Claim:
An in-vehicle apparatus in a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: an in-vehicle phone to perform a voice call via a communication network; a communication portion to perform a communication with a portable phone different than the in-vehicle phone, which is brought to the vehicle; a handsfree portion to perform (i) a first handsfree phone call using the portable phone via the communication portion and (ii) a second handsfree phone call using the in-vehicle phone; a first phonebook storage portion to store first phonebook data used in the first handsfree phone call using the portable phone; a second phonebook storage portion to store second phonebook data used in the second handsfree phone call using the in-vehicle phone; a first phonebook management section to acquire acquired phonebook data, which are stored in the portable phone, via the communication portion, and store the acquired phonebook data in the first phonebook storage portion as the first phonebook data; a manipulation reception portion to receive a predetermined manipulation of a user; and a second phonebook management section to store copied first phonebook data in the second phonebook storage portion as the second phonebook data used in the second handsfree call using the in-vehicle phone when a use permission manipulation of permitting use of the first phonebook data is received by the manipulation reception portion, the copied first phonebook data being a copy of the first phonebook data, the first phonebook data having been already stored in the first phonebook storage portion before a time when the use permission manipulation is received by the manipulation reception portion.