Patent ID: 7139660
Filing Date: 2006-11-21
Classification: B60N

Abstract:
1. A method for changing adjustable personal preference settings for an apparatus included in a plurality of vehicles through respective control systems located in said vehicles, the method comprising the steps of: providing the current configuration of the plurality of vehicles on corresponding web pages accessible to a user over a network; allowing personal preference setting selections for said vehicles to be made by the user on an input device coupled to a terminal device at a location remote from said vehicles; providing a configuration change message in a database for each of said vehicles having a changed configuration as a result of said personal preference setting selections; accessing, through said input device, a first web page corresponding to a first vehicle; obtaining the current configuration of said first vehicle from said first web page; determining whether there is a configuration change message in the database for said first vehicle; accessing a second web page corresponding to a second vehicle if there is not a configuration change message for said first vehicle; sending the configuration control message to said first vehicle if there is a configuration change message for said first vehicle; informing the operator when the next configuration is applied to the corresponding vehicle; and changing the personal preference setting of the first vehicle's apparatus with the control system in response to said configuration control signal.