Generating alerts based on vehicle system privacy mode

• US 10,474,800 B2
• Filed: 11/16/2016
• Issued: 11/12/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Original Assignee: Bank of America Corp.
• Inventors: Kurian, Manu
• Primary Examiner(s): Hirl, Joseph P
• Assistant Examiner(s): Gyorfi, Thomas A
• Application Number:
  US15/353,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20180137264A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,091 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/32 using biometric data, e.g. fingerprints, iris scans or voiceprints
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6245 Protecting personal data, e.g. for financial or medical purposes
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 17/00 Speaker identification or verification techniques
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1069 Session establishment or de-establishment
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/022 with dynamic range variability
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A vehicle computing platform may receive driver sensor data indicating whether a driver seat in a vehicle is occupied. The vehicle computing platform may determine, based on the driver sensor data, an identity of a driver of the vehicle. The vehicle computing platform may receive passenger sensor data indicating whether a passenger seat in the vehicle is occupied. The vehicle computing platform may, based on the passenger sensor data indicating that the passenger seat in the vehicle is occupied, obscure information on a screen of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A computing platform associated with a first vehicle occupant, the computing platform comprising:

at least one processor;

a communication interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to;

determine a privacy mode of a vehicle, the privacy mode based on a first identity of the first vehicle occupant and a second identity of a second vehicle occupant;

receive a request to initiate a communication between the computing platform and a device outside the vehicle, wherein the request comprises a third identity of a user of the device outside the vehicle;

before initiating the communication, provide an audio notification to the device outside the vehicle of a status of the privacy mode of the vehicle; and

encrypt, based on the first identity of the first vehicle occupant, the second identity of the second vehicle occupant, and the third identity of the user of the device outside the vehicle, the communication between the computing platform and the device outside the vehicle.

2. The computing platform of claim 1, wherein receiving the request to initiate the communication between the computing platform and the device outside the vehicle comprises receiving a request to initiate a telephone call from the device outside the vehicle.

3. The computing platform of claim 2, wherein receiving the request to initiate the telephone call from the device outside the vehicle comprises receiving the telephone call from the device outside the vehicle.

4. The computing platform of claim 3, wherein the audio notification comprises including the status of the privacy mode of the vehicle.

5. The computing platform of claim 4, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

provide notification of the first identity of the first vehicle occupant and the second identity of the second vehicle occupant.

6. The computing platform of claim 5, wherein

encrypting the communication from the device outside the vehicle comprises encrypting the telephone call.

7. The computing platform of claim 6, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

provide a notification that the telephone call is encrypted.

8. The computing platform of claim 7, wherein the privacy mode of the vehicle is a first privacy mode during a first time of day, and wherein the privacy mode of the vehicle is a second privacy mode during a second time of the day.

9. A method comprising:

at a computing platform associated with a first vehicle occupant, the computing platform comprising at least one processor, memory, and a communication interface;

determining, by the computing platform associated with a first vehicle occupant, a privacy mode of a vehicle, the privacy mode based on a first identity of the first vehicle occupant and a second identity of a second vehicle occupant;

receiving, by the computing platform, a request to initiate a communication between the computing platform and a device outside the vehicle;

receiving, a third identity of a user of the device outside the vehicle;

providing, before initiating the communication by the computing platform and to the device outside the vehicle, an audio notification of a status of the privacy mode of the vehicle; and

encrypting, based on the first identity of the first vehicle occupant, the second identity of the second vehicle occupant, and the third identity of the user of the device outside the vehicle, the communication between the computing platform and the device outside the vehicle.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the privacy mode of the vehicle is a first privacy mode during a first time of day, and a second privacy mode during a second time of the day.

11. A computing platform associated with a first vehicle occupant, the computing platform comprising:

at least one processor;

a communication interface communicatively coupled to the at least one processor; and

memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to;

determine a first privacy mode of a vehicle, the first privacy mode based on a first identity of the first vehicle occupant;

provide a first vibration alert notification of corresponding to the first privacy mode of the vehicle;

receive notification of an entry of a second vehicle occupant to the vehicle;

receive information regarding a second identity of the second vehicle occupant;

determine a second privacy mode of the vehicle, the second privacy mode based on the first identity of the first vehicle occupant and the second identity of the second vehicle occupant, the second privacy mode different from the first privacy mode; and

provide a second vibration alert notification corresponding to the second privacy mode of the vehicle, wherein the second vibration alert notification is different than the first vibration alert notification.

12. The computing platform of claim 11, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

cause, via a display of the computing platform, a visual indication of a current privacy mode of the vehicle.

13. The computing platform of claim 12, wherein the visual indication of the current privacy mode of the vehicle comprises a blinking indication corresponding to the current privacy mode of the vehicle.

14. The computing platform of claim 13, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

receive input corresponding to a request to change the current privacy mode of the vehicle to a different privacy mode of the vehicle; and

send, to the vehicle, the request to change the current privacy mode of the vehicle to the different privacy mode.

15. The computing platform of claim 14, wherein receiving the input corresponding to the request to change the current privacy mode of the vehicle to the different privacy mode of the vehicle comprises receiving, via a touch-screen interface, a tap input corresponding to the request to change the current privacy mode of the vehicle to the different privacy mode of the vehicle.

16. The computing platform of claim 15, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

activate a first mode of the computing platform based on the second vehicle occupant having a first relationship with respect to the first vehicle occupant; and

activate a second mode of the computing platform based on the second vehicle occupant having a second relationship with respect to the first vehicle occupant, the second mode of the computing platform different from the first mode of the computing platform.

17. The computing platform of claim 16, wherein the memory stores additional computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the computing platform to:

if the first mode of the computing platform is active, provide a first type of alert corresponding to the current privacy mode of the vehicle; and

if the second mode of the computing platform is active, provide a second type of alert corresponding to the current privacy mode of the vehicle, the second type of alert different from the first type of alert.

18. The computing platform of claim 17, wherein the computing platform is part of a watch.

19. The computing platform of claim 18, wherein the watch is configured to communicate wirelessly with the vehicle.

20. The computing platform of claim 11, wherein at least one of the first vibration alert or the second vibration alert comprises a visual indication of the privacy mode of the vehicle.