Conditional or temporary feature availability
First Claim
1. A method for controlling availability of features of a vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving, at a control system of a vehicle over a network connection from a remote server and at a first time, a set of initial parameters, each parameter of the set of initial parameters is related to a feature of a set of features of the vehicle and defines availability of the feature, wherein the set of initial parameters defines at least one feature of the vehicle as unavailable and further defines the unavailability of the at least one feature of the vehicle as overridable upon detection of an emergency condition by the control system of the vehicle;
saving, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of initial parameters;
applying, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of initial parameters to operations of the vehicle, wherein applying the set of initial parameters to operations of the vehicle comprises controlling operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of initial parameters;
receiving, at the control system of the vehicle over the network connection from the remote server, a notification associated with a status of payment of a fee associated with the vehicle;
receiving, at the control system of the vehicle over the network connection from the remote server and at a second time, a set of updated parameters associated with the status of fee payment, the set of updated parameters comprising at least one parameter corresponding to a parameter in the initial set of parameters but having a different value;
saving, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of updated parameters; and
applying, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of updated parameters to operations of the vehicle, wherein applying the set of updated parameters to operations of the vehicle comprises controlling operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of updated parameters.
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Abstract
Controlling availability of features of a vehicle can be based on a set of initial parameters, with each parameter related to a feature of the vehicle and defining availability of the feature. The set of initial parameters can define at least one feature of the vehicle as unavailable but further define the unavailability of the at least one feature of the vehicle as overridable upon detection of an emergency condition by the control system of the vehicle. The control system of the vehicle can apply the set of initial parameters to operations of the vehicle to control. At another time, a set of updated parameters with at least one parameter having a different value than the initial set of parameters can be applied by the control system of the vehicle to control operations of the vehicle based on levels indicated by the set of updated parameters.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for controlling availability of features of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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receiving, at a control system of a vehicle over a network connection from a remote server and at a first time, a set of initial parameters, each parameter of the set of initial parameters is related to a feature of a set of features of the vehicle and defines availability of the feature, wherein the set of initial parameters defines at least one feature of the vehicle as unavailable and further defines the unavailability of the at least one feature of the vehicle as overridable upon detection of an emergency condition by the control system of the vehicle; saving, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of initial parameters; applying, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of initial parameters to operations of the vehicle, wherein applying the set of initial parameters to operations of the vehicle comprises controlling operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of initial parameters; receiving, at the control system of the vehicle over the network connection from the remote server, a notification associated with a status of payment of a fee associated with the vehicle; receiving, at the control system of the vehicle over the network connection from the remote server and at a second time, a set of updated parameters associated with the status of fee payment, the set of updated parameters comprising at least one parameter corresponding to a parameter in the initial set of parameters but having a different value; saving, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of updated parameters; and applying, by the control system of the vehicle, the set of updated parameters to operations of the vehicle, wherein applying the set of updated parameters to operations of the vehicle comprises controlling operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of updated parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A method for controlling availability of features of a vehicle, the method comprising:
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determining, by a remote server, a set of initial parameters, each parameter of the set of initial parameters is related to a feature of a set of features of the vehicle and defines availability of the feature, wherein the set of initial parameters defines at least one feature of the vehicle as unavailable and further defines the unavailability of the at least one feature of the vehicle as overridable upon detection of an emergency condition by the control system of the vehicle; saving, by the remote server, the set of initial parameters; providing, by the remote server over a network connection to a control system of the vehicle, the set of initial parameters, wherein the control system of the vehicle controls operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of initial parameters; determining, by the remote server, a status of payment of a fee associated with the vehicle; determining, by a remote server, a set of updated parameters, each parameter of the set of updated parameters being related to a feature of the vehicle; saving, by the remote server, the set of updated parameters; providing, by the remote server over a network connection to a control system of the vehicle, a notification associated with the status of payment of a fee associated with the vehicle; providing, by the remote server over a network connection to a control system of the vehicle and at a second time, a set of updated parameters associated with the status of fee payment, the set of updated parameters comprising at least one parameter corresponding to a parameter in the initial set of parameters but having a different value, wherein the control system of the vehicle controls operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of updated parameters. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system comprising:
a processor and a memory having stored therein a set of instruction which, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to control availability of features by; determining, by a remote server, a set of initial parameters, wherein each parameter of the set of initial parameters is related to a feature of a set of features of the vehicle and defines availability of the feature, wherein the set of initial parameters defines at least one feature of the vehicle as unavailable and further defines the unavailability of the at least one feature of the vehicle as overridable upon detection of an emergency condition by the control system of the vehicle; saving, by the remote server, the set of initial parameters; providing, by the remote server over a network connection to a control system of the vehicle, the set of initial parameters, wherein the control system of the vehicle controls operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of initial parameters; determining a status of payment of a fee associated with the vehicle; determining, by a remote server, a set of updated parameters, each parameter of the set of updated parameters being related to a feature of the vehicle; saving, by the remote server, the set of updated parameters; providing, by the remote server over a network connection to a control system of the vehicle, a notification associated with the status of payment of a fee associated with the vehicle; providing, by the remote server over a network connection to a control system of the vehicle and at a second time, a set of updated parameters associated with the status of fee payment, the set of updated parameters comprising at least one parameter corresponding to a parameter in the initial set of parameters but having a different value, wherein the control system of the vehicle controls operations of one or more features of the vehicle to levels indicated by the set of updated parameters. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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