Patent ID: 7818106

Claim:
A method of managing power in a motor vehicle comprising the steps of: establishing a first predetermined usage parameter associated with a first resource; establishing a first predetermined usage limit associated with the first resource; tracking the usage of the first resource using the first predetermined usage parameter when the motor vehicle is in an off condition, the off condition being a condition where an engine of the motor vehicle is turned off and where an accessory switch of the motor vehicle is turned off; preventing usage of the first resource when the first predetermined usage parameter exceeds the first predetermined usage limit; wherein the first predetermined usage parameter is a number of attempts which have been made to connect with a specific computer that is physically separate from the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is in the off condition; and wherein the first predetermined usage limit is a predetermined maximum number of attempts to connect with the specific computer that is physically separate from the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is in the off condition.