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A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applications on the operating system, including both ve

A vehicle computer system has a housing sized to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard or other appropriate location. A computer is mounted within the housing and executes an open platform, multi-tasking operating system. The computer runs multiple applications on the operating system, including both vehicle-related applications (e.g., vehicle security application, vehicle diagnostics application, communications application, etc.) and non-vehicle-related applications (e.g., entertainment application, word processing, etc.). The applications may be supplied by the vehicle manufacturer and/or by the vehicle user.

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[ What is claimed is:] [8.] A computer network system for an automobile, comprising:a network;at least one client computing device connected to the network; anda vehicle computer connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer having a housing of a size

[ What is claimed is:] [8.] A computer network system for an automobile, comprising:a network;at least one client computing device connected to the network; anda vehicle computer connected to the network to serve content to the client computing device, the vehicle computer having a housing of a size suitable to be mounted in a vehicle dashboard, a computer mounted within the housing, an open platform operating system executing on the computer, and multiple vehicle-related applications executing on the operating system to control operation of components in the automobile.