Patent ID: 7187953

Claim:
A system in a moving vehicle for controlling wireless communications between a local party driving the moving vehicle and a remote party, comprising: a speed control unit for providing information on a speed of the moving vehicle; a mobile apparatus; a free hand kit coupled to the mobile apparatus; and a wireless communication manager unit coupled to the speed control unit, the mobile apparatus, and the free hand kit, comprising: an answering unit, comprising: a call detector circuit; an audio to remote party circuit; and an audio to local party circuit; and a switch unit, coupled to the speed control unit, for selectively disconnecting the mobile apparatus and the free hand kit when the speed of the moving vehicle exceeds a first predefined speed limit, wherein the switch unit connects an audio in signal from the mobile apparatus to the call detector circuit, connects an audio out signal of the mobile apparatus to the audio to remote party circuit, and connects an audio in signal of the free hand kit to the audio to local party circuit, when the speed of the moving vehicle exceeds the first predefined speed limit; wherein the wireless communication manager unit suspends a wireless communication to the mobile apparatus to prevent conversation between the local and remote party, without cutting off the wireless communication, when the speed of the moving vehicle exceeds a first predefined speed limit.