Methods and systems for determining a usage preference of a vehicle operator

A computing device comprising:

• a processor;
• and
• a non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the computing device to:
• obtain application-usage data from a personal mobile device of a vehicle operator of a vehicle, the application-usage data reflecting a usage, during operation of the vehicle, of an application on the personal mobile device;
• identify a vehicle feature, of the vehicle, that provides a vehicle functionality similar to an application functionality provided by the application on the personal mobile device;
• perform a comparison of the obtained application-usage data with feature-usage data, the feature-usage data reflecting a usage, during operation of the vehicle, of the identified vehicle feature;
• determine, based on the comparison, a usage preference for using the application on the personal mobile device, during operation of the vehicle, over the identified vehicle feature, wherein the identified vehicle feature is implemented by a vehicle application installed on and executed by the vehicle to enable the vehicle functionality similar to the application functionality provided by the application on the personal mobile device;
• and
• in response to determining that the usage preference is a preference for using the application on the personal mobile device over the identified vehicle feature, cause the vehicle to automatically uninstall the vehicle application installed on a memory component of the vehicle such that the vehicle application is removed from the memory component of the vehicle.

A method comprising:

• obtaining application-usage data from a personal mobile device of a vehicle operator of a vehicle, the application-usage data reflecting a usage, during operation of the vehicle, of a mobile-device application executed by the personal mobile device;
• identifying a vehicle application, executed by the vehicle, that provides a vehicle functionality similar to an application functionality provided by the mobile-device application executed by the personal mobile device;
• performing a comparison of the obtained application-usage data with feature-usage data, the feature-usage data reflecting a usage, during operation of the vehicle, of the identified vehicle application;
• determining, based on the comparison, a usage preference for using the mobile-device application on the personal mobile device, during operation of the vehicle, over the identified vehicle application, wherein the identified vehicle application is installed on and executed by the vehicle to enable the vehicle functionality similar to the application functionality provided by the mobile-device application on the personal mobile device;
• and
• in response to determining that the usage preference is a preference for using the mobile-device application on the personal mobile device over the identified vehicle application feature, causing the vehicle to automatically uninstall the identified vehicle application installed on a memory component of the vehicle such that the identified vehicle application is removed from the memory component of the vehicle.