Patent ID: 9248743
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: B60K,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A motor vehicle comprising: a communication device to interchange data with an extravehicular computer system for office applications; an operator input device having a first operating mode for operator control of at least one motor vehicle component by transmitting control signals to the at least one motor vehicle component, and having a second operating mode for operator control of the computer system by transmitting control signals to the computer system instead of to the at least one motor vehicle component; and a control device to change over an operating state of the computer system based on an operator control action by a user on the operator input device, the computer system being changed between an active state, in which the computer system executes at least one piece of office application software, and a passive state, in which the computer system is deactivated, the control device changing the operating state of the computer system by transmitting a wake-up signal and/or a switch-off signal to the computer system via the communication device, the operator input device operating in the first and second operating modes respectively in the passive and active states of the computer system.