Patent ID: 9575771
Date: 2017-02-21
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A method of integrating a hardware component into an information system of a vehicle, the method comprising the acts of: making available, via a data connection between the information system and the hardware component, at least one application executable or provided by the hardware component to a user of the vehicle via a man-machine interface of the information system; receiving a message by the information system via the data connection from the hardware component, wherein the message describes input/output devices required by the application for its execution; assigning, based on the message provided by the hardware component, a respective priority value to one or more of the input/output devices required by the application, wherein the priority value is dynamically changed as a function of a vehicle parameter; and integrating the hardware component into the information system with respect to input and/or output of information in a personalized manner with respect to the user of the component.