Patent ID: 8918244

Claim:
An in-vehicle control system for synchronizing files with a remote source, the remote source having a storage device configured to store a first file and a second file, the system comprising: a communications device capable of establishing a wireless communication link with the remote source, wherein the communications device is configured to send, receive, or both send and receive files to and/or from the remote source; a memory device configured to store the second file; a data processing device coupled to the communications device, the data processing device configured to receive the first file of the remote source during a data synchronization process, wherein the first file of the remote source includes information relating to one or more files stored on the remote source, wherein the data processing device is further configured to receive and store the second file of the remote source based on the first file; a home control device; and an input device coupled to the home control device and configured to output a first control signal to the home control device in response to a single input, wherein the home control device, in response to receiving the first control signal, is configured to: transmit a home control command to activate a home device, and transmit a second control signal to the communications device, wherein the communications device is configured to establish a wireless communication link with the remote source to initiate the data synchronization process in response to receiving the second control signal from the home control device, wherein the home control device is configured to transmit the second control signal when the home control device is requested to transmit the home control command such that the transmission of the home control command to activate the home device and the initiation of the data synchronization process occur substantially simultaneously in response to operation of the input device.