Patent ID: 8868679
Filing Date: 2014-10-21
Classification: H04L,H04W

Abstract:
1. A method of providing services to a user via a head unit of an automobile and a communications device having a handheld form factor, the method comprising: receiving from the head unit, by the communications device and via a wireless data transport link, a service request for Web service functionality from a remote server; determining, by the communications device, whether to provide the head unit with the requested Web service functionality using only information previously stored on the communications device; in response to determining to provide the requested Web service functionality using only information previously stored on the communications device, providing the requested Web service functionality by sending at least some of the information previously stored on the communications device to the head unit via the wireless data transport link, and otherwise: sending, via a general network protocol stack of the communications device, a programmatic request to the remote server for the requested Web service functionality; and forwarding, by the communications device and via the wireless data transport link, at least a portion of information received from the remote server via a peer-to-peer network protocol stack of the communications device to provide the requested Web service functionality.