Patent ID: 8744769

Claim:
An in-vehicle head unit comprising: a processor; a short-range radio transceiver operable to establish a communication link to at least one mobile device; a non-transitory memory; and an application stored in the non-transitory memory that, when executed by the processor, monitors information about the activity of the vehicle during a previous trip, wherein at least some of the information about the activity of the vehicle during the previous trip is received from a plurality of sensors associated with the vehicle, and wherein at least one sensor of the plurality of sensors associated with the vehicle indicates at least one of tire wear, oil use, brake use, use of windshield wipers, lateral movement of shocks, motion detection, engine fail, or impact detection, associates the activity of the vehicle during the previous trip that is monitored while the at least one mobile device is coupled to the in-vehicle head unit with a user of the at least one mobile device, identifies the user based on an identity of the at least one mobile device, receives trip information about a current trip from the user, monitors information about the activity of the vehicle during the current trip, associates the activity of the vehicle during the current trip that is monitored while the at least one mobile device is coupled to the in-vehicle head unit with the user of the at least one mobile device, and makes suggestions to the user during the current trip based on combining the monitored activity of the vehicle during the previous trip associated with the user, the received trip information, and the monitored activity of the vehicle during the current trip associated with the user, wherein the suggestions comprise at least one of an upcoming stopping point or a change in reservations.