UPDATING A VEHICLE HEAD UNIT WITH CONTENT FROM A WIRELESS DEVICE
First Claim
1. A method of operating a vehicle multi-tainment unit (VMU), comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing a connection between the VMU and a mobile device;
(b) retrieving from a cache associated with the VMU user data previously provided by the mobile device;
(c) prior to receiving current user data from the mobile device, receiving via the connection recently-used user data from the mobile device;
(d) comparing the previously-provided user data and the received recently-used user data; and
(e) updating the previously-provided user data based on the comparison.
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Abstract
A communications system and method of operating a vehicle multi-tainment unit (VMU) within that communications system is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: (a) establishing a connection between the VMU and a mobile device; (b) retrieving from a cache associated with the VMU user data previously provided by the mobile device; (c) prior to receiving current user data from the mobile device, receiving via the connection recently-used user data from the mobile device; (d) comparing the previously-provided user data and the received recently-used data; and (e) updating the previously-provided user data based on the comparison.
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18 Claims
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1. A method of operating a vehicle multi-tainment unit (VMU), comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a connection between the VMU and a mobile device; (b) retrieving from a cache associated with the VMU user data previously provided by the mobile device; (c) prior to receiving current user data from the mobile device, receiving via the connection recently-used user data from the mobile device; (d) comparing the previously-provided user data and the received recently-used user data; and (e) updating the previously-provided user data based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method of operating a vehicle multi-tainment unit (VMU), comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a connection between the VMU and a mobile device; (b) retrieving from a cache associated with the VMU user data previously provided by the mobile device; (c) prior to receiving an entire up-to-date user database from the mobile device, receiving via the connection a recently-used sub-database of the up-to-date user database from the mobile device; (d) comparing the previously-provided user data and the received recently-used sub-database; and (e) updating the previously-provided user data based on the comparison. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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