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Abstract

An in-vehicle communication device 300 that automatically answers a caller device that sends a call when a telephone device 100 located in a vehicle receives the call comprising: in-vehicle sensors 311.about.316 that detect vehicle conditions, a communication interface 340 for the telephone device 100, and a control device 380 that controls the telephone device 100 via the communication interface 340, wherein the control device 380 acquires the vehicle conditions which are detected by the in-vehicle sensors 311.about.316, judges whether a driver's answering the call is dangerous or not based on the acquired vehicle conditions when the control device 380 detects the call to the telephone device 100, prepares an answer message including vehicle information that depends upon a running condition of the vehicle at the time when the driver's answering the call is judged to be dangerous, and sends the prepared answer message to the caller device.

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First Claim