Abstract: This abstract has been included pursuant to Section 1.72(b) of the Rules for Patent and Trademark Cases, Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This abstract is intended only to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public to generally determine the nature of the technical disclosure. This abstract is not intended to aid in the interpretation of the scope of any claim. A computing device manufactured in a build to customer order (BTCO) environment includes an internal disk drive which is loaded with a custom software package during manufacturing. When the user desires to reload the software placed on the internal disk drive during manufacturing, such as after the drive has been replaced or after a virus has degraded the data resident on the internal disk drive, the user can recover the previously installed software package by accessing a network server available on a network.

Abstract: A manufacturer installs software by first partitioning storage media of the computing system into a first partition and a second partition. The manufacturer installs software bundles Into the second partition. Each software bundle is stored in form as an image. The manufacturer also installs bootable software and a user interface into the first partition. The bootable software and the user interface when run, operate to receive from a user a selection as to which of the software bundles to install in the computing system. The software bundle selected by the user is installed into the first partition while overwriting the bootable software and the user interface. After installation of the software bundle selected by the user, the bootable software, for example, can erase the installation software bundles in the second partition. This is done, for example, by overwriting the second partition with a blank file system.

Abstract: Mapping information is presented to a user. Information about dynamic road conditions is integrated into static mapping data to generate dynamic mapping data. The dynamic mapping data is displayed to a user via a display. For example, the dynamic road conditions are obtained from a detector that detects dynamic road conditions. The detector is, for example, a safety warning system detector. Alternatively, the detector may be some other type of detecting device such as a radar detector. The information about dynamic road conditions can also be obtained from a wireless service that accumulates information about dynamic road conditions. Any information about dynamic road conditions obtained from a detector that detects dynamic road conditions can be forwarded to the wireless service to make the information available to other users with access to the wireless service. Positioning information can be used to display to the user a current position relative to the dynamic mapping data.

Abstract: Mapping information is presented to a user. Information about dynamic road conditions is integrated into static mapping data to generate dynamic mapping data. The dynamic mapping data is displayed to a user via a display. For example, the dynamic road conditions are obtained from a detector that detects dynamic road conditions. The detector is, for example, a safety warning system detector. Alternatively, the detector may be some other type of detecting device such as a radar detector. The information about dynamic road conditions can also be obtained from a wireless service that accumulates information about dynamic road conditions. Any information about dynamic road conditions obtained from a detector that detects dynamic road conditions can be forwarded to the wireless service to make the information available to other users with access to the wireless service. Positioning information can be used to display to the user a current position relative to the dynamic mapping data.

Abstract: This abstract has been included pursuant to Section 1.72(b) of the Rules for Patent and Trademark Cases, Title 37 of the Code of Federal Regulations. This abstract is intended only to enable the Patent and Trademark Office and the public to generally determine the nature of the technical disclosure. This abstract is not intended to aid in the interpretation of the scope of any claim.

Abstract: Software to be installed is transferred from a software provider to a manufacturer. The operating system software is transferred in image-based format. Hardware specific software is transferred in file-based format. The manufacturer installs the software into the computing systems. Multiple operating system software bundles can be transferred to the manufacturer. In this case, the manufacturer selects which of the multiple operating system bundles and which of the hardware specific software bundles to install into each computing system. Alternatively, the manufacturer installs software by first partitioning storage media of the computing system into a first partition and a second partition. The manufacturer installs software bundles into the second partition. Each software bundle is stored in form as an image. The manufacturer also installs bootable software and a user interface into the first partition.