Patent ID: 7685162

Claim:
A method for adjusting user-dependent parameter values on or in at least one automotive device of a motor vehicle and for saving the settings in at least one data memory inside the vehicle or outside the vehicle, comprising the acts of: querying whether the user-dependent parameter values currently set are to be saved as temporary parameter values associated with a temporary user of the vehicle or quasi-permanent parameter values associated with a main user of the vehicle in the at least one data memory inside the vehicle or outside the vehicle, saving the currently set user-dependent parameter values in accordance with a response to the query, wherein, when the response indicates that the user-dependent parameter values currently set are to be saved as temporary parameter values associated with the temporary user, the user-dependent parameter values are saved as temporary parameter values associated with the temporary user, and when the response indicates that the user-dependent parameter values currently set are to be saved as quasi-permanent parameter values associated with the main user, the user-dependent parameter values are saved as quasi-permanent parameter values associated with the main user, and setting, when the motor vehicle is turned off, the user-dependent parameter values on or in the at least one automotive device as quasi-permanent parameter values associated with a primary main user of the vehicle having a highest priority of all users, regardless of the result of the query.