People enjoy a digital lifestyle at home and in the office, and now they're taking it with them everywhere they go. MP3 players, laptops, cell phones, GPS systems — all of these portable, digital gadgets are becoming indispensable tools for staying connected and being more productive than ever before. What's missing is the means to seamlessly integrate those devices with the car so that drivers and passengers can safely operate them as one. A completely integrated car should feel as if the consumer's own living room and/or office had wheels. With demand for in-vehicle infotainment solutions gaining speed, automakers and their OEMs can deploy the digital lifestyle in their new cars, vans, trucks and SUVs to attract new customers and stand out from competitors.

What if the car was simply another node on the home and office network? Consider the car as a kind of docking station for all of the digital gadgets used in the home and/or office, where a seamless plug-in allows drivers and passengers to control and interact with those devices from one user-friendly interface that minimizes driver distraction. From a hands-free or gesture-based screen, drivers and passengers will be able to operate audio and video entertainment — even different kinds of entertainment for each vehicle passenger — as well as cellular/mobile telephony, computing, email, calendaring, navigation, driver assistance, emergency calling, and more. With the car as a network node, people can continue to experience nearly every type of service and application that they also enjoy in the digital home and digital office.