Vehicular system
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1. A vehicular system used in a vehicle, the vehicular system comprising:
- a controller configured to (i) specify a purpose of use being made of the vehicle by a user of the vehicle, (ii) select one or more applications which are suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, from a plurality of applications, and (iii) inhibit execution of applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, out of the plurality of applications, whereinthe controller determines which ones of a plurality of display devices should respectively display plural pieces of guide information offered by executed applications, according to respective priorities of the plural pieces of guide information.
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Abstract
A use specifying unit specifies a “purpose of use” of a vehicle based on a running-data table. An application selection unit selects one or more information-related applications which are suitable for the “purpose of use”, from a plurality of information-related applications. Then, an execution inhibition unit inhibits execution of information-related applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of the vehicle. As a result, it is possible to prevent information-related applications which are unnecessary for the “purpose of use” of the vehicle from being executed wastefully.
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1. A vehicular system used in a vehicle, the vehicular system comprising:
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a controller configured to (i) specify a purpose of use being made of the vehicle by a user of the vehicle, (ii) select one or more applications which are suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, from a plurality of applications, and (iii) inhibit execution of applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, out of the plurality of applications, wherein the controller determines which ones of a plurality of display devices should respectively display plural pieces of guide information offered by executed applications, according to respective priorities of the plural pieces of guide information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A communications system including a server system and a vehicular system used in a vehicle, the communications system comprising:
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a controller configured to (i) specify a purpose of use being made of the vehicle by a user of the vehicle, (ii) select one or more applications which are suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, from a plurality of applications, and (iii) inhibit execution of applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, out of the plurality of applications, wherein the controller determines which ones of a plurality of display devices should respectively display plural pieces of guide information offered by executed applications, according to respective priorities of the plural pieces of guide information.
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8. A communications system including a vehicle-mounted system mounted onto a vehicle and a mobile information terminal, the communications system comprising:
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a controller configured to (i) specify a purpose of use being made of the vehicle by a user of the vehicle, (ii) select one or more applications which are suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, from a plurality of applications which are executable in either the vehicle-mounted system or the mobile information terminal, and (iii) inhibit execution of applications which are not selected to be suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, out of the plurality of applications, wherein the controller determines which ones of a plurality of display devices should respectively display plural pieces of guide information offered by executed applications, according to respective priorities of the plural pieces of guide information.
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9. A computer-implemented method of executing an application in a vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) specifying a purpose of use being made of the vehicle by a user of the vehicle; (b) selecting one or more applications which are suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, from a plurality of applications; (c) inhibiting execution of applications which are not selected in the step (b) to be suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle, out of the plurality of applications, wherein the inhibiting execution of applications includes inhibiting displaying of icons associated with the applications inhibited from execution on an application selection screen of a display within the vehicle, and wherein icons associated with the applications which are suitable for the specified purpose of use of the vehicle are displayed on the application selection screen of the display within the vehicle; and (d) determining which ones of a plurality of display devices should respectively display plural pieces of guide information offered by executed applications, according to respective priorities of the plural pieces of guide information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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