Patent ID: 8433238

Claim:
A vehicle media and communications system, the vehicle media and communications system operably coupled to one or more media source having a media file and/or media signal, the system comprising: a fixed first module adapted to receive and output the media file and/or the media signal on a video display and/or audio speaker; a removable second module adapted to: communicate with at least one of a communications network and a satellite network; output communications from the at least one of the communications network and the satellite network on the video display and/or audio speaker; and store personalization parameters associated with at least one of vehicle media and communications system settings, vehicle media and communications system states and vehicle media and communications system shortcuts; a cradle/docking station detachably coupled to the second module; and a vehicle parameter module adapted to receive one or more vehicle state parameters and further adapted to compare the vehicle state parameters to one or more predetermined state parameters, the vehicle state parameters comprising at least one of a vehicle speed parameter, a vehicle transmission parameter and a vehicle braking parameter; wherein the vehicle parameter module communicates with the second module to disallow outputting communications from the at least one of the communications network and the satellite network based, at least in part, on the vehicle state parameters.