System and method for configuring software applications in a motor vehicle

A method for configuring software applications for use in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

• selecting a software application stored in the motor vehicle from a vehicle service provider using a device separate from the motor vehicle;
• communicating a configuration Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from the vehicle service provider to the device;
• configuring the software application using the configuration URL on the device;
• communicating the configuration of the software application from the device to the vehicle service provider;
• updating the software application with the configuration;
• starting the software application using a module of the motor vehicle;
• sending a request from the motor vehicle to the vehicle service provider requesting the configuration of the software application;
• sending the configuration of the software application to the motor vehicle;
• configuring the software application stored in the motor vehicle using the configuration of the software application sent by the service provider;
• requesting dynamic content from the module of the motor vehicle to the service provider;
• retrieving the dynamic content using the service provider;
• and
• communicating the dynamic content from the vehicle service provider to the module of the motor vehicle.

A method for configuring the content of software applications for use in a motor vehicle, the method comprising:

• selecting a software application stored in the motor vehicle from a vehicle service provider using a device separate from the motor vehicle and separate from the vehicle service provider;
• communicating a configuration Uniform Resource Locator (URL) from the vehicle service provider to the device;
• configuring the content of the software application using the configuration URL on the device from the available options;
• communicating the configuration of the content of the software application from the device to the vehicle service provider;
• updating the content of the software application with the configuration;
• starting the software application using a module of the motor vehicle;
• sending a request from the motor vehicle to the vehicle service provider requesting the configuration of the content of the software application;
• sending the configuration of the content of the software application to the motor vehicle;
• configuring the content of the software application stored in the motor vehicle using the configuration of the content of the software application sent by the service provider;
• requesting dynamic content from the module of the motor vehicle to the service provider;
• retrieving the dynamic content using the service provider, and
• communicating the dynamic content from the vehicle service provider to the module of the motor vehicle.