Patent ID: 8856673

Claim:
A method for managing vehicle information, the method comprising: displaying the vehicle information as an item on a display system for a vehicle, such that the vehicle information is for operating the vehicle, and displaying the item with an icon for receiving a user input selecting the item as belonging to a group of items of interest; forming an item of interest by placing the item into the group of items of interest within an information management module in a computer system in response to receiving the user input selecting the icon with the item; associating the item, and a location on a map for the item, with the group of items of interest; changing a display of the icon, responsive to receiving at the icon the user input selecting the item into the group of items of interest, creating a changed icon; displaying a number of items, each of the number of items being displayed in association with a number of graphical indicators on the display system, the number of graphical indicators comprising the changed icon identifying the number of items as being from the group of items of interest; and displaying in a second area on the display system, in response to receiving a selection of a graphical indicator in the number of graphical indicators, a portion of the map containing the location.