Patent ID: 8547340
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
Classification: A63F,B64D,G06F,G08C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A personal user control device suitable for use with a vehicle information system in communication with a content source, comprising: a handheld housing for cooperating with an overlay housing of a detachable display overlay system having a user controller interface portion with at least one button region; and a touchscreen display system for communicating with the vehicle information system and being disposed on said handheld housing, wherein, when the overlay housing cooperates with said handheld housing, the display overlay system and said touchscreen display system form a customized user interface system by mapping a predetermined function with a predetermined location of said touchscreen display system and initiating the predetermined function upon activation of a relevant button region associated with the predetermined location, and wherein said handheld housing cooperates with the overlay housing that is provided as a plurality of separate display overlay subsystems each forming an opening for receiving a selected portion of said handheld housing.