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System and method for configuring software applications in a motor vehicle

  • US 8,713,299 B2
  • Filed: 02/14/2011
  • Issued: 04/29/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/12/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for configuring software applications for use in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

  • selecting a software application stored in the motor vehicle from a vehicle service provider using a device separate from the motor vehicle;

    communicating a configuration Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from the vehicle service provider to the device;

    configuring the software application using the configuration URL on the device;

    communicating the configuration of the software application from the device to the vehicle service provider;

    updating the software application with the configuration;

    starting the software application using a module of the motor vehicle;

    sending a request from the motor vehicle to the vehicle service provider requesting the configuration of the software application;

    sending the configuration of the software application to the motor vehicle;

    configuring the software application stored in the motor vehicle using the configuration of the software application sent by the service provider;

    requesting dynamic content from the module of the motor vehicle to the service provider;

    retrieving the dynamic content using the service provider, andcommunicating the dynamic content from the vehicle service provider to the module of the motor vehicle.

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