Method, device, vehicle and central station for determining the actuality of a local user setting

A vehicle comprising:

• an apparatus for a first information system for establishing an up-to-dateness of a local user setting for the vehicle, the apparatus including a control module to determine a first data word based on the local user setting for the vehicle, wherein the first data word is representable with a smaller volume of data than the local user setting for the vehicle, to provide the first data word for comparison with a second data word of a remote, second information system at a control center, wherein the second data word is based on a remotely stored user setting at the second information system, and to establish the up-to-dateness of the local user setting for the vehicle if the first data word matches the second data word.

A control center comprising:

• a call center information system that communicates with an apparatus for a first information system for establishing an up-to-dateness of a local user setting for the vehicle, the apparatus including a control module to determine a first data word based on the local user setting for the vehicle, wherein the first data word is representable with a smaller volume of data than the local user setting for the vehicle, to provide the first data word for comparison with a second data word of call center information system, wherein the second data word is based on a remotely stored user setting at the second information system, and to establish the up-to-dateness of the local user setting for the vehicle if the first data word matches the second data word.