Honda Motor Co., Ltd.

Jon Okino

Kazuya Tamura

Hiromitsu Yuhara

Masayuki Habaguchi

Daya Appa

Jamie Marie Clough

John Albert Gusiff

Tsuneo Ohno

Rich Shannon

Richard C Shannon

Tsuneo Ono

John Gusiff

Jamie Clough

The present invention is directed to a system and method that includes a vehicle that exchanges information with the remote location by way of a communication network. A remote server transmits vehicle-related information to the vehicle by way of a communication system. Information may also be broadcast to and received by the vehicle by way of a broadcast communication system. A receiver of the vehicle provides user access to only a subset of the broadcast information based on user preferences of a user profile. The user may update the user profile by accessing and updating it at either the vehicle or by accessing a database. The user may access the database through a network, such as the Internet. The vehicle also selectively transmits vehicle-related information to the remote location when a predetermined event occurs. The vehicle-related information is compiled and analyzed at the remote location, and the analyzed information is transmitted back to the vehicle.

Method and system for facilitating the exchange of information between a vehicle and a remote location

The present invention comprises a message portal for administering and controlling the exchange of vehicle-related messages between a remote location and a vehicle and a method thereof. In one embodiment, the message portal receives a message from the remote location and determines when the message should be broadcast to a vehicle. The priority of the message is determined by several variables&#x2014;all which may be updated and/or customized by a user through a user interface. The message portal and method can also automatically relay a vehicle fault message to a remote location, which then analyzes the fault and sends a response message back to the driver.

Method and system for controlling the exchange of vehicle related messages

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Jon Okino