Patent ID: 9085268
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: B60K,B60R,B60W,H04W

Abstract:
1. A vehicle, comprising: a passenger compartment; one or more vehicle control systems; and a vehicle control unit including one or more processors operatively coupled to the one or more vehicle control systems, the one or more processors being configured to: determine a current location of a portable control device within the passenger compartment; select, in dependence upon the determined current location, one or more of a plurality of options to be presented by a user interface of the portable control device to a user, wherein each option is directed to managing an aspect of the one or more vehicle control systems; receive from the portable control device, based on the selected one or more options, an instruction to change a status of the one or more vehicle control systems; and change the status of the one or more vehicle control systems in response to the received instruction.