Apparatus and Method of Software Implementation Between a Vehicle and Mobile Device

A vehicle computer system (VCS) configured to communicate with a mobile device, comprising:

• a processor configured to:
• 1.) receive a message from a wireless transceiver in communication with a mobile device, wherein the message indicates a version of the mobile device software stack;
• 2.) determine if the VCS needs an update to a VCS software stack located in memory of the VCS and configured to interact with the mobile device;
• 3.) download an update to the VCS software stack from an off-board server;
• 4.) update the VCS to include the updated VCS software stack.

A vehicle computer system (VCS) configured to communicate ae mobile device, comprising:

• a wireless transceiver configured to communicate with the mobile device located;
• a VCS software profile configured to interact with a mobile device software profile;
• a processor configured to:
• 1.) receive a message from the mobile device located in the vehicle indicating a version of the VCS software profile;
• 2.) determine if the VCS needs an update to the VCS software profile based at least upon the version of the mobile device software profile;
• 3.) determine if sufficient memory space is available to download and install the update to the VCS software profile.
• 4.) download a software update to the VCS software profile from an off-board server, the software update including additional features specific to the mobile device located in the vehicle;
• 4.) update the VCS to include the software update;
• 5.) communicate with the mobile device utilizing the updated VCS software profile.

A method of communicating with a mobile device (MD), comprising:

• receiving a message from the mobile device (MD) located in a vehicle indicating a version of a MD software stack;
• determining if a vehicle software stack requires an update in response to the version of the MD software stack;
• downloading and installing the update from an off-board server;
• providing an error log of software issues to the server;
• communicating with the MD utilizing the update.