Patent ID: 7702324

Claim:
An information terminal control device for controlling plural information terminals in a vehicle, each of the plural information terminals having at least one function, the information terminal control device comprising: a communication link configured to communicate with each terminal of the plural information terminals; a display; and a controller configured to: store a plurality of registration lists, each of the plurality of registration lists classified for a respective function and each including those of the plural information terminals registered with the information terminal control device that perform the respective function; acquire at least one function of an unregistered information terminal responsive to an operator request for registration; register the unregistered information terminal as one of the plural information terminals registered with the information terminal control device by adding the unregistered information terminal to respective ones of the plurality of registration lists with which each function of the unregistered information terminal is classified; display at least one of the plurality of registration lists on the display for selection by an operator of one of the plural information terminals; and perform a step related to a function of a registration list on which the one of the plural information terminals is included if the one of the plural information terminals is within a communicable region of the information terminal control device.