Patent ID: 8744674
Filing Date: 2014-06-03
Classification: G07C,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of configuring infotainment applications in a motor vehicle equipped with a control unit operatively configured for at least one infotainment application, a configuration interface by which the control unit is configurable to change at least one of a functional scope and basic setting of the infotainment application, and a first configuration data server separate from the control unit and having a pertaining first configuration data bank for vehicle-related storage of configuration data, wherein the motor vehicle is communicable with a second configuration data server arranged at a service center remote from the vehicle and having a second configuration data bank for central storage of configuration data, as well as a first modification interface by which configuration data of the second configuration data bank is modifiable using first access rights and a second Internet-based modification interface by which configuration data of the second configuration data bank is modifiable using second access rights differing from said first access rights, and wherein the service center is operated by an original equipment manufacturer (OEM), and further wherein the first modification interface is used for modifications by only the OEM having the first access rights and the second modification interface is used for modification by only at least one non-OEM having the second access rights, the method comprising the acts of: