Vehicular wireless communication system

A vehicular wireless communication system for a vehicle, said vehicular wireless communication system comprising:

• a control in an equipped vehicle operable to communicate with an external service provider via a wireless communication link between the equipped vehicle and the external service provider;
• wherein data from the external service provider is downloaded to said control via said wireless communication link;
• wherein said data downloaded from the external service provider to said control comprises downloaded driving instruction data useful for instructing the driver of the equipped vehicle how to drive from an initial location to a destination location;
• a global positioning system of the equipped vehicle;
• at least one accessory of the equipped vehicle comprises a display device of the equipped vehicle and wherein said display device is operable to display driving instructions derived at least in part from said downloaded driving instruction data for viewing by the driver of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said display device is disposed in an interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic transflective element having a transflective mirror reflector, and wherein said display device is disposed to the rear of said transflective element and wherein, when said display device is operated, said display device emits light that passes through said transflective mirror reflector of said transflective element, and wherein the presence of said display device is discernible to the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing said transflective element only when said display device is operated;
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• wherein said display device comprises a video display device and wherein said video display device comprises a thin film transistor liquid crystal display video screen.

A vehicular wireless communication system for a vehicle, said vehicular wireless communication system comprising:

• a control in an equipped vehicle operable to communicate with an external service provider via a wireless communication link between the equipped vehicle and the external service provider;
• wherein data from the external service provider is downloaded to said control via said wireless communication link;
• wherein said control controls at least one accessory of the vehicle at least in part responsive to said data downloaded from the external service provided to said control;
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• wherein said at least one accessory comprises an accessory selected from the group comprising (a) an interior rearview mirror assembly of the equipped vehicle, (b) an exterior rearview mirror assembly of the equipped vehicle, (c) a seat of the equipped vehicle, (d) a video display device of the equipped vehicle and (e) an interior video mirror rearview mirror assembly of the equipped vehicle.

A vehicular wireless communication system for a vehicle, said vehicular wireless communication system comprising:

• a control in an equipped vehicle operable to communicate with an external service provider via a wireless communication link between the equipped vehicle and the external service provider;
• wherein said control receives a user input from the driver of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein data from the external service provider is downloaded to said control via said wireless communication link;
• wherein said control controls at least one accessory of the vehicle;
• wherein said at least one accessory comprises a display device of the equipped vehicle;
• wherein said display device is disposed in an interior rearview mirror assembly comprising an electrochromic transflective element having a transflective mirror reflector, and wherein said display device is disposed to the rear of said transflective element and wherein, when said display device is operated, said display device emits light that passes through said transflective mirror reflector of said transflective element, and wherein the presence of said display device is discernible to the driver of the equipped vehicle viewing said transflective element only when said display device is operated;
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• wherein said display device comprises a video display device and wherein said video display device comprises a thin film transistor liquid crystal display video screen.