| US 7,552,140 B2 | ||
| Smart owner's manual | ||
| Judith Lee Gardner, Detroit, Mich. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Temic Automotive of North America, Inc., Deer Park, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Jul. 25, 2002, as Appl. No. 10/205,173. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0019591 A1, Jan. 29, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—104.1 [701/29] | 18 Claims |
| 9. A vehicle information system adapted to provide to a user information associated with differences between features of a
first vehicle and features of a second vehicle, the vehicle information system comprising:
a controller disposed in the first vehicle;
a memory disposed in the first vehicle and coupled to the controller;
a first instruction set stored in the memory and for execution by the controller, wherein the execution of the first instruction
set by the controller causes the controller to read from a current system database information associated with the features
of the first vehicle;
a second instruction set stored in the memory and for execution by the controller, wherein the execution of the second instruction
set by the controller causes the controller to read from a prior system database information associated with the features
of the second vehicle;
a third instruction set stored in the memory and for execution by the controller, wherein the execution of the third instruction
set by the controller causes the controller to compare the current system database and the prior system database;
a fourth instruction set stored in the memory and for execution by the controller, wherein the execution of the fourth instruction
set by the controller causes the controller to store in a comparison results database disposed within the first vehicle information
associated with the differences between the features of the first vehicle and the features of the second vehicle;
a fifth instruction set stored in the memory and for execution by the controller, wherein the execution of the fifth instruction
set by the controller causes the controller to detect a user action; and
a sixth instruction set stored in the memory and for execution by the controller, wherein the execution of the sixth instruction
set by the controller causes the controller to communicate to the user at least one difference between the features of the
first vehicle and the features of the second vehicle.
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