Patent ID: 6859701

Claim:
A method of controlling access to devices in a vehicle communications network, the devices being placed in different locations in a vehicle and applications being made available for call-up on specific devices in the vehicle communications network, the method comprising: configuring an application to create a list of the devices required for the application when the application is called up on one of the devices; configuring the application to define a priority of required devices; configuring a driver manager, which manages drivers required for the application, to request access to the required devices from a resource manager with the priority defined by the application and by using the list of the devices; configuring the resource manager to assign the required devices to the driver manager if the required devices are free, and to report to the driver manager if the required devices are not free; configuring the driver manger to allow application access to the required devices via respective drivers; and configuring the driver manager to report to the resource manager upon an end of the application that the required devices are free.