Abstract: Systems and methods for information management are provided. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a signal from a vehicle sensor, the signal related to a condition of a vehicle, determining a new alert from the signal, and comparing the new alert with a currently provided alert. Some embodiments include determining a priority of the new alert and, in response to determining that the new alert has a higher priority than the currently provided alert, determining whether to output the currently provided alert in a minimized form, providing the new alert for output on a primary output device, and providing the currently provided alert in the minimized form.

Abstract: Systems and methods for information management are provided. One embodiment of a method includes receiving a signal from a vehicle sensor, the signal related to a condition of a vehicle, determining a new alert from the signal, and comparing the new alert with a currently provided alert. Some embodiments include determining a priority of the new alert and, in response to determining that the new alert has a higher priority than the currently provided alert, determining whether to output the currently provided alert in a minimized form, providing the new alert for output on a primary output device, and providing the currently provided alert in the minimized form.

Abstract: Included are systems and methods for communicating with a vehicle user. One embodiment includes obtaining a user preference and authorization information relating to a mobile phone device and third party information, recognizing the particular user upon approach with the mobile phone device and implementing the user preference for the particular user, the user preference comprising a setting for a functional aspect of the vehicle and a setting for a non-functional aspect of the vehicle. Some embodiments include providing, by the vehicle computing device, customized interactive communication with the particular user, based on stored user preferences and third party information.

Abstract: A nested scrolling system that can scroll through an electronically stored list is provided. The system can include a database, a display screen, a first scrolling control and a second scrolling control. The database can have an electronically stored list with a plurality of entries, the plurality of entries stored under a first level storage category and/or a second level storage category. The second scrolling control can be nested within the first scrolling control with movement of the first scrolling control scrolling through the plurality of entries on a micro level and movement of the second scrolling control scrolling through the plurality of entries on a macro level.