Patent ID: 7689253

Claim:
A vehicle communication system comprising: a control unit in a vehicle; a mobile communication device having data network access, the mobile communication device having a self-contained mode in which information received via the data network is processed and displayed on the mobile communication device and an immersive mode in which information is received via the data network and the device and processed by the control unit, the mobile communication device automatically switching from self-contained mode to immersive mode based upon a proximity of the device to the control unit; and a user profile associated with the mobile device, the control unit processing the information based upon the user profile, wherein the control unit determines when to present the information to the user based upon the user profile, wherein the information includes a plurality of emails, some of which are presented to the user based upon the user profile, and wherein the user profile includes criteria based upon which the control unit automatically replies to a subset of the plurality of emails without presenting them to the user.