Patent ID: 10824330

Abstract:
Methods and systems are provided. One example method is for interfacing a mobile device with a vehicle. The method includes providing a connection to the Internet for the vehicle via wireless connection circuitry associated with an on-board computer of the vehicle. The connection used to communicate with a server of a cloud service provider for the vehicle. The cloud service provider is configured to manage user accounts to enable one or more vehicles to connect with the cloud service provider. A user account is assigned to a user and the user account is associated with custom settings of the user. The method includes enabling communication, by the on-board computer, with a mobile device proximate to the vehicle. The communication provides for pairing the mobile device with the on-board computer using credentials saved by the on-board computer from a previous paring or pairing the mobile device with the on-board computer via a pairing routine processed between the on-board computer and the mobile device. The method includes transferring, using the on-board computer, data for a mobile device application of the mobile device for rendering content to a display screen of the vehicle. The mobile device is configured to access the Internet using a wireless link that is separate from a wireless link of the wireless connection circuitry associated with the on-board computer. The wireless link of the mobile device is configured to exchange at least some data for the mobile device application in addition to data exchanged by the wireless connection circuitry associated with the on-board computer. At least some data exchanged using the wireless link of the mobile device is used to render said content to the display screen of the vehicle for said mobile device application. The content of the mobile device application is in addition to content rendered on the display screen of the vehicle for a native application of the vehicle.