Patent ID: 8713299

Claim:
A method for configuring software applications for use in a motor vehicle, the method comprising: selecting a software application stored in the motor vehicle from a vehicle service provider using a device separate from the motor vehicle; communicating a configuration Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from the vehicle service provider to the device; configuring the software application using the configuration URL on the device; communicating the configuration of the software application from the device to the vehicle service provider; updating the software application with the configuration; starting the software application using a module of the motor vehicle; sending a request from the motor vehicle to the vehicle service provider requesting the configuration of the software application; sending the configuration of the software application to the motor vehicle; configuring the software application stored in the motor vehicle using the configuration of the software application sent by the service provider; requesting dynamic content from the module of the motor vehicle to the service provider; retrieving the dynamic content using the service provider, and communicating the dynamic content from the vehicle service provider to the module of the motor vehicle.