Patent ID: 8880331

Claim:
A method for integrating information on at least one external application stored in a mobile terminal connected with a head unit of a vehicle with information on at least one internal application built in the head unit of the vehicle and providing the integrated information by using a template-based user interface, comprising steps of: (a) classifying respective pieces of information inputted from at least one internal application belonging to a specific category among all the internal applications connected with a template of the head unit and information inputted from at least one external application belonging thereto among all the external applications connected therewith into either common information or specialized information; (b) deciding whether common information of the external application belonging to the specific category should be matched with that of the internal application belonging thereto by referring to a matching algorithm under a matching method, if being selected among (i) a full coordination matching method for matching the common information of the external application belonging to the specific category with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, (ii) a partial coordination matching method for requesting information on a selection of a user of the vehicle to be inputted as a condition for matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, and (iii) a no coordination matching method for not matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto and matching the common information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto, if necessary, and matching the specialized information of the external application belonging thereto with that of the internal application belonging thereto; and (c) providing common information at states of being matched or unmatched according to the matching algorithm through the template and the matched specialized information through the template.