Patent ID: 8930073
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for managing a plurality of applications by using a head unit of a vehicle, comprising steps of: (a) the head unit recognizing the plurality of applications installed in at least one mobile terminal, upon connection of said at least one mobile terminal with the head unit; (b) the head unit performing a process of classifying the recognized applications into one or more application groups depending on categories or content types supported by the head unit, and a process of authenticating whether the recognized applications are compatible with the head unit; and (c) the head unit providing information on said application groups including the classified and authenticated applications of the at least one mobile terminal through a screen associated with the head unit to thereby maintain states of the classified and authenticated applications being able to be controlled in the head unit, wherein a K-th application group among all N application groups including the classified and authenticated applications of the mobile terminal is displayed through a K-th segmented portion of the screen among all N segmented portions of the screen and wherein the K-th application group includes at least one application which is classified as a K-th category or a K-th content type and K is an integer from 1 to N.