Method for customizing a car radio to individual requirements

• US 6,975,849 B1
• Filed: 04/08/2000
• Issued: 12/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 05/21/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Original Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
• Inventors: DeVries, Claus
• Primary Examiner(s): LE, LANA N
• Application Number:
  US09/979,548
• Time in Patent Office: 2,075 Days
• Field of Search: 455/344, 455/345, 455/349, 455/346, 455/347, 455/348, 455/351, 455/557, 455/558, 379/88.21, 235/492, 235/380, 381/314, 705/26, 705/67, 705/27
• US Class Current: 455/344
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/65 Updates security arrangements therefor G06F21/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/082 to be used in vehicles H04B1/086 takes precedence; holding or mounting accessories B60R11/02

Abstract

A method of customer-individualized adjustment of a car radio having a microprocessor control and corresponding internal operating software, an interface for changing the operating software and an external memory device that can be read by the interface being provided. A selection is made from various software modules for different functions of the car radio, this selection is stored on the memory device, the memory device is connected to the interface in order to start operation of the car radio, and the software modules stored on the memory device are loaded into the car radio as an extension of the operating software.

Claims

1. A method for customer-individualized adjustment of a car radio having a microprocessor control and a corresponding internal operating software, the method comprising:

making a selection from a plurality of software modules for different functions of the car radio;

after making the selection, simulating a scope of functions of the car radio or a single one of the software modules;

storing the selected software modules on an external memory device;

connecting the external memory device to an interface in order to start operation of the car radio, the interface being adapted to change the internal operating software and to read the external memory device; and

loading the selected software modules stored on the external memory device into the car radio as an extension of the internal operating software.

2. The method according to claim 1, further comprising providing the simulation over one of the Internet, an Extranet, an Intranet, another computer network, and a data medium.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the external memory device includes one of a PCMCIA card, a chip card, a money card, a key card, a personal computer, and a notebook.

4. The method according to claim 1, further comprising making available the selection of the software modules over the Internet.