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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 06, 2001
Filed:
Aug. 05, 1998
Matthew G. Rhinehart, Waukesha, WI (US);
Eaton Corporation, Cleveland, OH (US);
Abstract
A driver information system for a motor vehicle includes a network which executes one of a number of application programs depending on which function of the system the driver has selected at any given point in time. In response to the driver's selection, the appropriate application program is retrieved from storage for execution. Information regarding the specific hardware interface software objects that are required during that execution are read from the retrieved application program and loaded for execution. Thus only the software that is necessary to implement the selected function is loaded for execution which reduces the complexity of the hardware of the driver information system. A method for verifying the compatibility of each software program and object also is described.