Patent ID: 8914077

Claim:
An in-vehicle apparatus which is capable of establishing a Bluetooth connection to pre-registered multiple devices, the apparatus comprising: a priority order setting unit that determines an order of priority of a plurality of multiple-device connection profiles of the Bluetooth connection; a connection unit that connects the plurality of multiple-device connection profiles to the pre-registered multiple devices according to the order of priority of the plurality of multiple-device connection profiles, wherein the connection unit includes a first sub-unit that performs a connection attempt to establish a connection of a first profile from among the plurality of multiple-device connection profiles to the multiple devices, a second sub-unit that performs a connection attempt to establish a connection of a second profile from among the plurality of multiple-device connection profiles, which is different from the first profile, to the multiple devices, and after successfully establishing a connection of the first profile to a first device from among the multiple devices by the first sub-unit, the connection unit uses the second sub-unit for performing the connection attempt to establish a connection of the second profile to the multiple devices, without continuing to perform a connection attempt by the first sub-unit; and a connection operation controller, wherein the first sub-unit establishes an HFP connection to an HFP type device to put the HFP type device in a call waiting condition, the second sub-unit establishes an AVP connection to an AVP type device to enable a playback by the AVP type device, the connection unit includes a third sub-unit for connecting a data communication type profile to the HFP type device, and when the first sub-unit is connected prior to the connection of the second sub-unit after repeated operations of the first and second sub-units, the connection operation controller operates the second sub-unit before operating the third sub-unit.