Patent ID: 8376747

Claim:
An assisted learning system for a vehicle, comprising: a plurality of vehicle systems that each include one or more input devices; memory that stores usage instructions for each of the input devices; an assisted learning (AL) input device; an audio output device; and a control module that: (i) in response to user actuation of the AL input device, mutes other audio input devices; (ii) in response to user actuation of one of the input devices within a predetermined period after the user actuation of the AL input device: (a) retrieves the usage instructions for the one of the input devices; and (b) deactivates functionality of the one of the input devices; (iii) outputs the usage instructions for the one of the input devices to the audio output device; and (iv) in response to a second user actuation of the AL input device within a predetermined period after the user actuation of the AL input device, ends the output of the usage instructions for the one of the input devices.