Patent ID: 8538331

Claim:
A method, comprising: making, by a wireless device, a determination that a first device associated with a vehicle is in proximity to the wireless device; determining, by the wireless device, a user interface on the wireless device with respect to the vehicle based on the determination that the first device is in proximity to the wireless device; receiving a user selection via the user interface of a non-default operation with respect to an additional device of the vehicle when the additional device is in proximity to the wireless device, wherein the additional device is one of a plurality of devices of the vehicle; and performing, by the wireless device, an operation with respect to the vehicle based on the determination and the user selection, the operation including at least: transmitting, by the wireless device, a respective signal to each of the plurality of devices of the vehicle when the plurality of devices are in proximity to the wireless device, each respective signal causing a respective default operation to be performed by each of the plurality of devices, and transmitting an additional signal to cause the non-default operation to be performed by the additional device.