Patent ID: 7834758

Claim:
An in-vehicle entertainment method, comprising: playing through an in-vehicle audio component a received program content broadcast from a remote location; receiving, at an in-vehicle telematics unit and during the playing of the received program content, a user input selecting an identifier, wherein the selected identifier is associated with an electronic device remote from the vehicle; generating, via a processing device of the in-vehicle telematics unit, an alert consisting of i) an identification of the received program content, or ii) a channel from which the received program content is playing, or iii) combinations of i and ii, or iv) i, ii, or iii and a timestamp of when the alert is generated, or v) i, ii, iii, or iv and an identification of a sender of the alert; transmitting the alert via a communication system from the vehicle to the electronic device during the playing of the received program content; and at least one of displaying the alert on a screen of the electronic device or playing the alert via an audio component of the electronic device to inform a user of the electronic device of information contained in the alert.