US 12,293,073 B2
Virtual smart phone
Michael Kildevaeld, Yarmouth Port, MA (US)
Assigned to KCG Technologies LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by KCG Technologies LLC, Boston, MA (US)
Filed on Apr. 4, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/626,513.
Application 18/626,513 is a continuation of application No. 18/132,610, filed on Apr. 10, 2023, granted, now 11,983,402.
Application 18/132,610 is a continuation of application No. 17/729,117, filed on Apr. 26, 2022, granted, now 11,662,903, issued on May 30, 2023.
Application 17/729,117 is a continuation of application No. 17/201,173, filed on Mar. 15, 2021, granted, now 11,340,783, issued on May 24, 2022.
Application 17/201,173 is a continuation of application No. 16/513,256, filed on Jul. 16, 2019, granted, now 10,976,926, issued on Apr. 13, 2021.
Application 16/513,256 is a continuation of application No. 15/609,276, filed on May 31, 2017, granted, now 10,394,447, issued on Aug. 27, 2019.
Application 15/609,276 is a continuation of application No. 14/088,361, filed on Nov. 23, 2013, granted, now 9,671,955, issued on Jun. 6, 2017.
Application 14/088,361 is a continuation of application No. 13/087,426, filed on Apr. 15, 2011, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 61/324,614, filed on Apr. 15, 2010.
Prior Publication US 2025/0068325 A1, Feb. 27, 2025
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/04886 (2022.01); G06F 3/0488 (2022.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 3/04886 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04M 1/6083 (2013.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01); H04M 1/72412 (2021.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An automotive smart phone emulation system comprising:
a touch screen installed in an automobile and configured to capture user input;
one or more processors operably connected to control image display on the touch screen;
a non-transitory memory accessible to the one or more processors;
one or more programs configured to allow the system to wirelessly interact with a smart phone comprising Apple® iOS operating system, wherein the one or more programs are stored in the memory and configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs comprising:
an emulation facility configured to receive information representative of a plurality of applications installed on the smart phone and cause a user interface to be displayed on the touch screen, wherein the user interface comprises an icon representative for each application; and
a device direct configuration data access facility configured to allow the system to receive user-specific configuration data of the smart phone, wherein the user-specific configuration data comprises data from a calendar, text messages, voice messages, and a contact list, and configured to send, to the smart phone, information representative of user input captured by the touch screen when an icon is touched.