Patent ID: 7818380

Claim:
A system in a vehicle for receiving a vehicle safety message broadcasted from a remote location, comprising: a receiver on the vehicle for receiving the vehicle safety message, wherein the vehicle safety message identifies: (i) a part associated with the vehicle for replacement, and (ii) a service center located in a geographic region that includes the vehicle and has the part in stock; a memory module operatively coupled to the receiver for storing the vehicle safety message in a manner that the vehicle safety message cannot be deleted by an owner of the vehicle; a display operatively coupled to the memory module for indicating the receipt of the vehicle safety message to the owner; a user interface operatively coupled to the display for selecting the vehicle safety message to be communicated to the owner; and a processor operatively coupled to at least the memory module, the receiver, and the user interface, and programmed to receive a vehicle safety cancellation message from one of the remote location and the service center and to delete the vehicle safety message from the memory module in response to the vehicle safety cancellation message.