Patent ID: 9430475
Filing Date: 2016-08-30
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. A method for providing information to a user of a motor vehicle, wherein the method comprises the steps of: storing a configuration code on the vehicle defining the predetermined specification of that specific vehicle, the information providing guidance regarding how to operate functions of the vehicle, the guidance representing an electronic manual, uploading to a mass storage device located on the vehicle information relating to more than one vehicle specification, disabling irrelevant information based upon the stored configuration code in response to an initial activation event and providing access to the non-disabled information to the user of the vehicle, wherein the non-disabled information corresponds to vehicle specific guidance regarding how to operate a particular function of the vehicle based on the specification applicable to that specific vehicle; wherein the vehicle specific guidance is represented by the configuration code; wherein the method further comprises the step of updating the configuration code when the specification of the vehicle is altered subsequent to the initial activation event so as to update the non-disabled information available to the user according to a new specification of the vehicle; and receiving a request via a graphical user interface to access the updated information and presenting a plurality of selectable options on a display for selection by the user each representing vehicle specific guidance of the updated information, and providing at least one of an audible instruction and a visual instruction of the vehicle specific guidance in response to selecting at least one of the plurality of selectable options; wherein providing access to the non-disabled information to the user of the vehicle further comprises determining the speed of the vehicle and restricting the access provided to the user on the display when the vehicle speed is above a predetermined speed threshold; and wherein the information is supplied via at least one of an audible output and a visual output and, when the speed of the vehicle is above the predetermined speed threshold, the information supplied via the visual output is restricted; wherein disabling irrelevant information comprises selecting information relevant to the vehicle based upon the configuration code and storing the relevant information in a separate location in the mass storage device; and wherein disabling irrelevant information further comprises deleting from the mass storage device information not relevant to the vehicle specification.