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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2009
Dave Evans, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
James Vila, Danville, CA (US);
Marc J. P. Giradot, Paris, FR;
Michael M. Schwarz, Schaeftlarn, DE;
Dave Evans, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
James Vila, Danville, CA (US);
Marc J. P. Giradot, Paris, FR;
Michael M. Schwarz, Schaeftlarn, DE;
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, a vehicle includes a dashboard including one or more touchscreen displays; a wireless network interface; and multiple icons for presentation by one or more of the touchscreen displays to a user in the vehicle. Each of one or more of the icons is configurable by the user through tactile interaction with the icon via one or more of the touchscreen displays. Each of the icons when presented to the user makes accessible to the user through one or more of the touchscreen displays particular functionality. The vehicle includes software associated with the icons that is operable to render the icons on the touchscreen displays and implement their functionality.