US 12,015,911 B2
Method and system for providing privacy protection in preparation for a phone call between a vehicle occupant and a remote conversation partner
Lukas Günter Gaß, Mainz (DE); Adrian Bablok, Wiesbaden (DE); Michael Schreiber, Frankfurt am Main (DE); and Ingmar Langer, Darmstadt (DE)
Assigned to HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed by HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Seoul (KR); and KIA CORPORATION, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/519,330.
Claims priority of application No. 102021207437.5 (DE), filed on Jul. 13, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0016538 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 4/20 (2018.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04W 12/02 (2013.01) [H04W 4/20 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for providing privacy protection in preparation for a phone call between a vehicle occupant of a vehicle and a remote conversation partner, the method comprising:
detecting, by an occupant detection system of the vehicle, additional listeners inside the vehicle;
receiving a call request with a telecommunication system in the vehicle for the phone call between the vehicle occupant and the remote conversation partner, the phone call being an outgoing call or an incoming call;
sending a notification to the remote conversation partner with the telecommunication system prior to establishment of the phone call informing the remote conversation partner about the presence of detected additional listeners; and
allocating an occupant status to each detected additional listener of the detected additional listeners by the occupant detection system, the occupant status defining privacy settings for respective detected additional listeners,
wherein the notification is sent to the remote conversation partner depending on the allocated occupant statuses of the detected additional listeners.