Patent ID: 8868337

Claim:
A method of presenting information originating from a mobile device on a vehicle navigation system display of a vehicle, the method comprising: receiving, by a vehicle navigation system, application data from a plurality of compatible applications operating on the mobile device, wherein: the plurality of compatible applications are a filtered subset of all applications operating on the mobile device, the filtered subset based on an ability to communicate with the vehicle navigation system; and the application data from the plurality of compatible applications represents one or more entities in proximity to the vehicle; displaying, on the vehicle navigation system display, a list of the plurality of compatible applications operating on the mobile device; receiving an application selection input, wherein the application selection input indicates a selection of one or more selected compatible applications of the plurality of compatible applications; and displaying one or more icons representing the application data from the one or more selected compatible applications on a map presented on the vehicle navigation system display, wherein one or more icons are positioned on the map according to a geographic location of the one or more entities.