Managing In-Vehicle Ecosystems

A vehicle system, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory storing one or more programs configured to be executed by the one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:
• detecting, at an operating system, a request to install an application on a vehicle system, wherein the vehicle system includes memory storing a plurality of containers;
• and
• in response to detecting the request to install the application on the vehicle system:
• according to a determination that the application corresponds to a first digital certificate, installing the application on the vehicle system with respect to a first container of the plurality of containers;
• and
• according to a determination that the application corresponds to a second digital certificate, different from the first digital certificate, installing the application on the vehicle system with respect to a second container, different from the first container, of the plurality of containers.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing one or more programs configured to be executed by one or more processors, the one or more programs including instructions for:

• detecting, at an operating system, a request to install an application on a vehicle system, wherein the vehicle system includes memory storing a plurality of containers;
• and
• in response to detecting the request to install the application on the vehicle system:
• according to a determination that the application corresponds to a first digital certificate, installing the application on the vehicle system with respect to a first container of the plurality of containers;
• and
• according to a determination that the application corresponds to a second digital certificate, different from the first digital certificate, installing the application on the vehicle system with respect to a second container, different from the first container, of the plurality of containers.

A method, comprising:

• detecting, at an operating system, a request to install an application on a vehicle system, wherein the vehicle system includes memory storing a plurality of containers;
• and
• in response to detecting the request to install the application on the vehicle system:
• according to a determination that the application corresponds to a first digital certificate, installing the application on the vehicle system with respect to a first container of the plurality of containers;
• and
• according to a determination that the application corresponds to a second digital certificate, different from the first digital certificate, installing the application on the vehicle system with respect to a second container, different from the first container, of the plurality of containers.