Patent ID: 8726188
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G05B,G06Q,G07C

Abstract:
1. A method for presenting information to a host vehicle having a user interface, the method comprising: remotely creating an information set including user accessible information pertaining to troubleshooting onboard components of the host vehicle, the user accessible information including characteristic information indicating a respective degree of urgency of each of a plurality of data entries of the user accessible information in the information set; wirelessly communicating to the host vehicle a portion of the information set including a group of the data entries and a portion of the characteristic information indicating the respective degree of urgency of each of the data entries in the group, with the respective degree of urgency of at least two of the data entries in the group being different from each other; and operating the user interface to manage the information set in accordance with the respective degree of urgency each of the data entries in the group based on the portion of the characteristic information, and provide a type of notification relating to those of the data entries in the group for which the respective degree of urgency is at least equal to a prescribed degree of urgency to selectively make available those of the data entries for access in response to the notification at the host vehicle while refraining from providing a notification relating to the data entries in the group for which the respective degree of urgency is less than the prescribed degree of urgency.