Patent ID: 8145381

Claim:
A telematics terminal system for transmitting data comprising: a multimedia player configured to: output program data and audio data, the program data comprising one or more of program upgrade data, digital map data, and operation program data, transmit the program data and the audio data through an audio interface, wherein the program data comprises split program data or compressed program data, and execute in at least two modes of operation, wherein at least one mode of operation is a play mode and one mode of operation is a data play mode, wherein the play mode operates at a time that is different from a time of operation of the data play mode; the audio interface configured to output the audio data received from the multimedia player and configured to output the program data received from the multimedia player to an embedded system of the telematics terminal, the embedded system being operable to store the program data on a storage device of the telematics terminal; a controller connected with the multimedia player and configured to generate a first and second control signal, the first control signal generated in response to the multimedia player operating in the play mode and the second control signal generated in response to the multimedia player operating in the data play mode; and a switch operatively connected with the audio interface and the controller, the switch configured to: select one of the control signals from the controller, receive the selected control signal, responsive to receiving the first control signal as the selected control signal, control the audio interface to output the audio data from the audio interface, and responsive to receiving the second control signal as the selected control signal, control the audio interface to output the program data from the audio interface.