Patent ID: 7516072

Claim:
A system for selecting a user speech profile using a first portable electronic device and a second portable electronic device, the user speech profile for a device in a vehicle, the system comprising: a control module including: a speech recognition system configured to process audio signals and having a speaker enrollment function configured to create a user speech profile for at least one user, and a memory coupled to the speech recognition system and configured to store a first user speech profile and a second user speech profile, the first user speech profile associated with a first portable electronic device identifier and the second user speech profile associated with a second portable electronic device identifier, wherein the memory also stores prioritization data for the first portable electronic device identifier and the second portable electronic device identifier; and a receiver configured to receive a first control signal from the first portable electronic device and a second control signal from the second portable electronic device, the first control signal including the first portable electronic device identifier and the second control signal including the second portable electronic device identifier; wherein the control module uses the prioritization data to select a user speech profile from the first and second user speech profiles and wherein the speech recognition system uses the selected user speech profile to process audio signals.