Automatic connected vehicle subsequent owner enrollment process
First Claim
1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for deactivating a registered vehicle and delinking a first customer registered account associated with the registered vehicle to be deactivated via a secure vehicle registration network, the instructions, in response to execution, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
- receiving, via an interactive interface, an instruction to deactivate the registered vehicle;
from the registered account of the first customer;
transmitting a deactivation request for a registered vehicle received from the registered account of the first customer to an authentication engine;
receiving verification of ownership of the registered vehicle with the registered account of the first customer from the authentication engine;
causing the customer information associated with present ownership to be wiped from the vehicle to be deactivated;
deactivating the registration of the vehicle as owned by the registered account of the first customer; and
transferring subscription services associated with the vehicle to a subsequent customer account after deactivation of the registration of the vehicle from the first customer,wherein subscription services include at least one of;
remote services of the vehicle or performance services of the vehicle,wherein the remote services include at least one of;
door lock/unlock, engine start, horn honk, flash lights, trunk open, cabin pre-conditioning, geofencing and speed alerts, or window control, andwherein the performances services include Over-the-Air (OTA) updates and upgrades.
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Abstract
The present invention is directed toward an automatic connected vehicle subsequent owner method and system for automatically wiping personal data from the vehicle, transitioning remote services access to a subsequent owner, and delinking the vehicle from their smartphone or other interactive communication link. In one more embodiments, a computer implemented method provides for delinking customers and deregistering vehicles from original owners where those vehicles have been subsequently sold, discontinued, or otherwise transferred for the customer'"'"'s ownership.
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24 Claims
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1. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for deactivating a registered vehicle and delinking a first customer registered account associated with the registered vehicle to be deactivated via a secure vehicle registration network, the instructions, in response to execution, cause one or more processors to perform operations comprising:
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receiving, via an interactive interface, an instruction to deactivate the registered vehicle;
from the registered account of the first customer;transmitting a deactivation request for a registered vehicle received from the registered account of the first customer to an authentication engine; receiving verification of ownership of the registered vehicle with the registered account of the first customer from the authentication engine; causing the customer information associated with present ownership to be wiped from the vehicle to be deactivated; deactivating the registration of the vehicle as owned by the registered account of the first customer; and transferring subscription services associated with the vehicle to a subsequent customer account after deactivation of the registration of the vehicle from the first customer, wherein subscription services include at least one of;
remote services of the vehicle or performance services of the vehicle,wherein the remote services include at least one of;
door lock/unlock, engine start, horn honk, flash lights, trunk open, cabin pre-conditioning, geofencing and speed alerts, or window control, andwherein the performances services include Over-the-Air (OTA) updates and upgrades. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system for use in an automotive sales network for deactivating a registered vehicle and delinking a first customer registered account associated with the registered vehicle to be deactivated via a secure vehicle registration network, comprising:
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an interactive interface engine to provide an interactive interface for a first customer to deactivate a registered vehicle and delink a registered customer account of the first customer, is the interactive interface engine being capable of receiving and transmitting messages; an authentication server configured to; receive a request, from the interactive interface engine, from the registered account of the first customer to deactivate the registered vehicle, from the registered customer account of the first customer, verify ownership of the registered vehicle with the registered customer account of the first customer from one or more authorized databases, and transfer subscription services associated with the vehicle to a subsequent customer account after deactivation of the registration of the vehicle from the first customer, wherein subscription services include at least one of;
remote services of the vehicle or performance services of the vehicle,wherein the remote services include at least one of;
door lock/unlock, engine start, horn honk, flash lights, trunk open, cabin pre-conditioning, geofencing and speed alerts, or window control, andwherein the performances services include Over-the-Air IOTA) updates and upgrades; a secure communication system to facilitate communications with the one or more authorized databases, the vehicle, and the registered customer account of the first customer; a deactivation engine to deactivate the registered vehicle from the registered customer account of the first customer by at least wiping customer data of the first customer from the vehicle once deactivated. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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