METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANAGING PERSONAL SETTINGS ON A VEHICLE

• US 20130124009A1
• Filed: 11/14/2011
• Published: 05/16/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Esler, Craig Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/295,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20130124009A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/2
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0075 Automatic parameter input, automatic initialising or calibrating means
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2050/0083 Setting, resetting, calibration
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/45 External transmission of data to or from the vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/085 Changing the parameters of the control units, e.g. changing limit values, working points by control input
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2304/076 by add-on parts, e.g. retrofit
• CPC Class Codes: B60Y 2410/111 Aggregate identification or specification, e.g. using RFID
• 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 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a system and method for managing vehicle configurations. A database containing a plurality of configuration templates is provided. The configuration template contains parameters of configurable features and settings for its corresponding vehicle. A user is provided with a configuration application to obtain and personalize the configuration template of her vehicle. The personalized configuration data is transferred to a control module of the vehicle to adjust the features and settings in accordance with the user'"'"'s configuration data.

Claims

1. A method for managing vehicle configurations, comprising:

receiving one or more vehicle identification data for a user'"'"'s vehicle;

obtaining a configuration data, the configuration data corresponding to the vehicle identification data;

adjusting one or more parameters of the configuration data; and

transferring the adjusted configuration data to a control module of the vehicle, wherein the control module configures the vehicle in accordance with the configuration data.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the one or more vehicle identification data comprises at least one of:

a unique vehicle identifier;

Year/Make/Model information;

a user account information; and

a unique user client identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the configuration data is obtained from a vehicle database.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the configuration data from the vehicle database comprises a configuration template.

5. The method of claim 3, wherein the configuration data from the vehicle database comprises the user'"'"'s previously stored configuration data.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the vehicle identification data and the configuration data are acquired from the vehicle.

7. The method of claim 4, further comprising:

analyzing the user'"'"'s patterns relating to vehicles; and

automatically populating the parameters of the configuration template based on the analysis.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein analyzing the user'"'"'s patterns comprises analyzing the user'"'"'s configuration patterns from the user'"'"'s previously stored configuration data.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein analyzing the user'"'"'s patterns comprises analyzing the user'"'"'s driving pattern.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein analyzing the user'"'"'s pattern comprises analyzing the user'"'"'s vehicle feature usage pattern.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusted configuration data is transferred from a user client to the control module.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusted configuration data is transferred from a remote server to the control module.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the adjusted configuration data is transferred to the control module via a removable storage medium.

14. A system for managing vehicle configurations, comprising:

at least one vehicle database comprising information for identifying vehicles and at least one configuration data;

at least one user client for accessing a memory storing a configuration application configured to obtain a vehicle identification data, acquire at least one configuration data, permit the user to adjust the configuration data, and transfer the adjusted configuration data; and

a control module operatively coupled to the vehicle for configuring the vehicle in accordance with the configuration data.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the vehicle database is implemented in the user client.

16. The system of claim 14, wherein the vehicle database is implemented in a remote server.

17. The system of claim 14, wherein the configuration application is implemented in the user client.

18. The system of claim 14, wherein the configuration application is implemented in a remote server.

19. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing one or more programs to be executed on one or more computational devices, the one or more programs having instructions for:

receiving one or more vehicle identification data;

acquiring a configuration data corresponding to the vehicle identification data;

presenting the parameters of the configuration data to a user;

adjusting the parameters of the configuration data; and

transferring the adjusted configuration data to a control module operatively coupled to a vehicle for configuring the vehicle in accordance with the transferred configuration data.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 19, further comprising:

instructions for analyzing the user'"'"'s patterns relating to vehicles; and

automatically populating the parameters of the configuration data before presenting the parameters to the user for adjustment.