Methods, systems and apparatus for providing application generated information for presentation at an automotive head unit

A computer-implemented method for providing information generated by an application for presentation at a human-machine-interface (HMI) of an automotive head unit (AHU) of a vehicle, the computer-implemented method comprising:

• executing, at an application server, an application to generate information;
• communicating the information from the application server over a network to communication infrastructure;
• communicating the information from the communication infrastructure via a wireless communication link to a wireless communication interface of a network access device (NAD) that is integrated within a vehicle;
• communicating the information from the NAD to the AHU of the vehicle;
• and
• presenting the information at the HMI of the AHU.

A vehicle configured to communicate with an application server that serves as a first part of a MirrorLink server, wherein the application server hosts and executes an application to generate information, wherein the application hosted at the application server is normally hosted at and designed to be executed by a consumer electronics device to generate the information, wherein the information is normally presented at the consumer electronics device, the vehicle comprising:

• a network access device (NAD) integrated within the vehicle that comprises:
• a wireless communication interface that serves as a second part of the MirrorLink server and that is configured to receive the information generated by the application server over a wireless communication link;
• and
• an automotive head unit (AHU), communicatively coupled to the NAD, the AHU comprising:
• a human-machine-interface (HMI) configured to present the information generated by the application server.