Patent ID: 7994908

Claim:
A vehicle having an apparatus using contents and having an electric power transmitting and receiving device transmitting and receiving electric power to and from an external device external to the vehicle, comprising: a first storage unit storing contents requesting information for said contents used in said apparatus; a second storage unit storing said contents; a detecting unit detecting a connected state of said vehicle to said external device; and a control unit, when receiving an instruction from an occupant to request new one of said contents in a state where said external device and said vehicle are not connected to each other, writing corresponding one of said contents requesting information to said first storage unit, and, when said detecting unit detects the connected state, obtaining said contents to store in said second storage unit from outside the vehicle based on said contents requesting information stored in said first storage unit, said control unit notifying of a content of said contents requesting information prior to receiving said contents to inquire of an operator connecting said vehicle and said external device whether said contents are intended to be received based on said contents requesting information, and said control unit receiving said contents when a result of said inquiry indicates permission of reception of said contents, and further inquiring whether said contents requesting information is to be deleted when the result of said inquiry indicates inhibition of reception of said contents.