In-vehicle infotainment system and method therefor, vehicle, medium and program product

Abstract

An in-vehicle information system includes at least one display device; at least one memory configured to store a computer program; and at least one processor configured to execute the computer program to perform operations including displaying a role configuration interface on at least one of the at least one display device in response to determining that a user's mobile electronic device is communicatively connected to the in-vehicle information system, the role configuration interface including role options for assigning a user role for the mobile electronic device; receiving user input for the role options in the role configuration interface; and associating the mobile electronic device with function limitations corresponding to the user role assigned by the user input such that at least part of the functions of the in-vehicle information system is selectively available to the mobile electronic device depending on the assigned user role.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.