Patent ID: 7289611

Claim:
A method for setting a programmable feature of an automobile sound system comprising: providing an interactive site on a global computer network; providing a graphical user interface at the interactive site, said graphical user interface graphically depicting a programmable feature of an automobile sound system; establishing a connection between a user's computer and the interactive site; entering data with the user's computer to set the programmable feature of the automobile sound system at the interactive site; providing a portable transfer device separate from the user's computer having an input port and an output port; downloading set-up data for the programmable feature of the automobile sound system from the interactive site to the user's computer; coupling the input port of the transfer device to the computer; transferring the set-up data from the computer to the transfer device; coupling the output port of the transfer device to the automobile sound system; and transferring the set-up data from the transfer device to the automobile sound system.