Patent ID: 7937667

Claim:
A user-interactive display system for a vehicle, said user-interactive display system comprising: an interior rearview mirror assembly comprising a mounting structure and a reflective element; a portable hand-held device capable of being carried into and out of the vehicle; wherein said portable hand-held device, when carried into the vehicle, is operable to communicate a first signal to a vehicle-based receiver; a display device at or adjacent said interior rearview mirror assembly, said display device being operable to display a listing of choices in response to said communication of said first signal; wherein said listing of choices displayed by said display device comprises at least one of (a) a listing of voice mail messages of a portable phone, (b) a listing of phone numbers of a portable phone, (c) a listing of received or transmitted emails, and (d) a listing of titles or tracks stored in the memory of a portable playback device or downloadable from an external provider; said interior rearview mirror assembly further comprising a user input, said user input comprising a touch screen, said user input being actuatable by a user touching appropriate locations on said touch screen to select an item from said listing of choices displayed by said display device, wherein said user input of said mirror assembly is actuatable to navigate menus of said portable hand-held device to select an item from said listing of choices; and wherein said user-interactive display system is operable to at least one of (a) display at said display device data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices, and (b) audibly play at an audio device of the vehicle data associated with the selected item in response to said user-selection of the selected item from said listing of choices.