INTERACTIVE UNIFIED ACCESS AND CONTROL OF MOBILE DEVICES
An interface between mobile devices and computing devices, such as a PC or an in-vehicle system permits a user to use the better user interface of the computing device to access and control the operation of the mobile device.
1 . A method of accessing information via a mobile device including the steps of:
a) establishing a connection with the mobile device;
b) receiving text of an email from the mobile device via the connection;
c) detecting the presence of an attachment to the email;
d) requesting extracted text of the attachment; and
e) receiving the extracted text of the attachment.
2 . The method of claim 1 further including the step of modifying the information on the mobile device.
3 . The method of claim 1 further including the step of:
f) extracting the extracted text from the attachment in response to said step d).
4 . The method of claim 3 wherein said step f) is performed by the mobile device.
5 . The method of claim 1 further including the step of converting the extracted text to audible speech and presenting that audible speech audibly.
6 . The method of claim 1 wherein the extracted text of the attachment is received via the connection.
7 . A computer readable medium storing a computer program which when executed by a processor performs the steps of:
a) receiving an email including a message and an attachment;
b) receiving a request for the email;
c) transmitting the message of the email in response to said step b);
d) extracting text from the attachment; and
e) transmitting the extracted text from the attachment.
8 . The computer readable medium of claim 7 wherein the computer program, when executed by a processor, further performs the steps of:
f) receiving a request for extracted text of the attachment; and
wherein said step e) is performed in response to said step d).
9 . A mobile device comprising:
a processor; and
a computer readable medium storing instructions, which when executed by the processor, extracts text from an attachment to an email and transmits the extracted text in response to a request from a computing device having a connection to the mobile device.
10 . The mobile device of claim 9 wherein the mobile device changes modes upon detection of the presence of the computing device, wherein changing modes includes changing call handling features.
11 . The mobile device of claim 10 wherein changing call handling features includes changing ring and/or vibrating responses to incoming calls or emails.
12 . A method of operating a mobile device including the steps of:
a) establishing a connection with a computing device;
b) detecting the presence of the computing device based upon the connection;
c) changing call handling modes based upon said step b).
13 . The method of claim 12 wherein said step c) further includes the step of disabling ringing for incoming calls in response to said step b).
14 . The method of claim 12 further including the step of returning the call handling mode based up no longer detecting the presence of the computer device.