Patent ID: 8897764

Claim:
A vehicle on-board unit and mobile device linkage system, comprising: an on-board unit installed in a vehicle, the on-board unit having a display section; a mobile device having a plurality of application software products registered therein, the mobile device being separate and distinct from the on-board unit and the mobile device having a display section; a data control section that restricts use of at least one of the plurality of registered application software products; a data output section that outputs an indication representing the at least one registered application software product to the display section of the on-board unit when the at least one registered application software product is available according to conditions of the vehicle; a data reading section which determines a type of data to be transferred from the mobile device to the on-board unit; a transfer mode selecting section which selects one transfer mode from among a plurality of transfer modes based on the result of determination by the data reading section; and a vehicle travel determining section that determines as to whether the vehicle is in motion or in park, wherein said at least one registered application software product includes a first registered application software product which is available while the vehicle is in motion, and a second registered application software product which is available while the vehicle is in park, wherein when the data output section outputs the indication of the at least one registered application software product to the display section of the on-board unit, the data output section automatically switches between a first screen on which the first registered application software product is displayed and a second screen on which the second registered application software product is displayed, based on a determination made by the vehicle travel determining section, wherein the on-board unit having the display section and the mobile device having the display section are capable of being linked with each other, and wherein while the on-board unit and the mobile device are linked together, the linkage system is operable from both of the on-board unit and the mobile device.