IP Library Granted Patent US 11,483,424
Granted Patent B2
US 11,483,424 · App. 17/189,968 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Hands-free device, data transfer method, and computer-readable medium

Inventors: Kisei Takada (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Hiroki Oobayashi (Kanagawa Ken, JP); Akihiro Murano (Kanagawa Ken, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04M1/6091H04M1/575H04W4/12H04W4/16H04M2250/02H04M2250/60
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,483,424
App. No.
17/189,968
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hands-free device includes a memory, and a hardware processor coupled to the memory. The hardware processor being configured to: connect to a mobile phone to enable a hands-free call; receive at least one of outgoing call history data, incoming call history data, missed call history data, and phonebook data stored in the mobile phone; and delete data transferred from the mobile phone in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied.

Claims (33)

1. A hands-free device, comprising:

a memory; and

a hardware processor coupled to the memory, the hardware processor being configured to:

connect to a mobile phone to enable a hands-free call;

receive at least one of outgoing call history data, incoming call history data, missed call history data, and phonebook data stored in the mobile phone; and

delete the data transferred from the mobile phone in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein the hands-free device is mounted on a vehicle, and the predetermined condition includes an ignition power of the vehicle being turned on after a predetermined time has elapsed since the ignition power of the vehicle is turned off.

2. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition further includes, after a communication connection with the mobile phone is canceled, a further mobile phone different from the mobile phone being connected.

3. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition further includes a communication connection with the mobile phone being re-established after a communication connection with the mobile phone is canceled.

4. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition further includes a communication connection with the mobile phone being re-established after a predetermined time has elapsed since a communication connection with the mobile phone is canceled.

5. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein

the predetermined condition further includes an ignition power of the vehicle being turned on after the ignition power of the vehicle is turned off.

6. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined condition further includes a predetermined time having elapsed after the hands-free device has shifted to a sleep mode.

7. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hardware processor is further configured to receive, from a user, an operation of deleting the data transferred from the mobile phone, and

the predetermined condition further includes the operation of deleting the data performed by the user having been received.

8. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hardware processor is further configured to display, on a display, a confirmation screen for confirming to the user whether to delete the data, and

the predetermined condition further includes the operation of deleting the data performed by the user having been received on the confirmation screen.

9. The hands-free device according to claim 1 , wherein

the hardware processor is further configured to display, on a display, a setting screen on which a user can set the predetermined condition.

10. A data transfer method for a hands-free device, the data transfer method comprising:

connecting, by the hands-free device, to a mobile phone to enable a hands-free call;

receiving, by the hands-free device, at least one of outgoing call history data, incoming call history data, missed call history data, and phonebook data stored in the mobile phone; and

deleting, by the hands-free device, the data transferred from the mobile phone in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied,

wherein the hands-free device is mounted on a vehicle, and

the predetermined condition includes an ignition power of the vehicle being turned on after a predetermined time has elapsed since the ignition power of the vehicle is turned off.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium on which an executable program is recorded, the program instructing a hands-free device to carry out:

connecting, by the hands-free device, to a mobile phone to enable a hands-free call;

receiving, by the hands-free device, at least one of outgoing call history data, incoming call history data, missed call history data, and phonebook data stored in the mobile phone; and

deleting, by the hands-free device, the data transferred from the mobile phone in a case where a predetermined condition is satisfied, wherein

the hands-free device is mounted on a vehicle, and

the predetermined condition includes an ignition power of the vehicle being turned on after a predetermined time has elapsed since the ignition power of the vehicle is turned off.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 28, 2024
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066703/0223 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2021
From: TAKADA, KISEI; OOBAYASHI, HIROKI; MURANO, AKIHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057662/0763 →