A distributed in-vehicle service architecture using dynamically created web Services

State of the art mobile devices, such as mobile phones and smartphones, feature a number of connectivity methods which are typically used to share services with other networked devices. The connection of such devices with vehicles is still tedious. This paper presents an advanced methodology of coupling mobile devices with vehicles based on a distributed service architecture. Services from different mobile devices are combined with services provided by the vehicle itself to form a distributed entertainment platform. In this distributed platform, the driver can control services available on the mobile devices by the optimized human machine interface of the vehicle. At the same time the software and service architecture presented allows mobile devices in the car to use and control the elements of such a distributed service platform. Such access is achieved by dynamically exporting the vehicle's control and service interfaces in such a way that they can be used by handhelds coupled to the vehicle. The paper starts with a description of the reasoning behind our research. It then describes the used service-oriented approach, where the focus lies on the coupling mechanisms used to integrate mobile devices into the vehicle. Afterwards, it describes the architecture of the proposed system and finalizes by describing its functionality by way of an example.