Patent ID: 8452533

Claim:
A vehicle system in which voice data from a remote communication device disposed outside of the vehicle is transmitted to a host communication device, said vehicle system comprising: a hands free communication unit configured to connect the host communication device so as to communicate with the remote communication device; a route generation unit; a voice recognition engine connected to said hands free communication unit through a voice data link; a database having a plurality of destination names stored therein, each of said plurality of destination names having a telephone number and an address associated therewith; and an input unit which receives an input to select a recognition mode, said recognition mode is one of a route recognition mode or a call recognition mode, and upon selection of one of said route recognition mode or said call recognition mode said hands free communication unit transmits an audio prompt to the remote communication device to signify the start of voice recognition; said hands free communication unit transmits said voice data originating from said remote communication device to said voice recognition engine over said voice data link, and wherein said voice recognition engine processes said voice data to extract a destination, said route generation unit compares said extracted destination to said selected recognition mode to determine whether said selected recognition mode matches said extracted destination; said voice recognition engine transmits said extracted destination to said hands free communication unit if said extracted destination is a call destination and said selected recognition mode is said call recognition mode to initiate a telephone call using said extracted destination; said voice recognition engine transmits said extracted destination to said route generation unit if said extracted destination is a route destination and said selected recognition mode is said route recognition mode to initiate navigational assistance using said extracted destination; said route generation unit associates said extracted destination with one of said addresses stored in said database to determine a route destination used by said route generation unit and said database to initiate navigational assistance using said route destination when said extracted destination does not match said selected recognition mode and when said recognition mode is said route recognition mode; said route generation unit associates said extracted destination with one of said one of said telephone numbers stored in said database to determine a call destination used by said hands free communication unit to initiate a telephone call using said call destination when said extracted destination does not match said selected recognition mode and when said recognition mode is said call recognition mode.