Patent ID: 7366892

Claim:
A method for controlling use of proprietary resources associated with a vehicle, comprising: providing resources including proprietary resources associated with a vehicle including a plurality of the following: a first bus, a first interface, a first display, a first vehicle device, a first subsystem, a first application, and a second application; establishing a plurality of relationships involving at least three entities, wherein first and second entities of said at least three entities has proprietary rights in at least first and second proprietary resources, respectively, and each of said three entities accepts a plurality of conditions related to use of said at least first proprietary resource; and performing at least a first function after said establishing while making use of at least said first and second proprietary resources, wherein said first vehicle device communicates with said first bus and said first application executes in association with said first vehicle device and in which said first entity has proprietary rights in said first vehicle device, but not in said first application and said second entity has proprietary rights in said first application, but not in said first vehicle device.