REMOTELY AUTHORIZING A PURCHASE FROM A HEAD UNIT OF A VEHICLE
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1. A method for authorizing a purchase from a head unit of a vehicle, comprising:
- transmitting, by the head unit, vehicle position information to a cloud via a wireless communication network;
creating, by the head unit, an authorization for the purchase;
sending the authorization for the purchase from the head unit to a cloud via a wireless communication network; and
receiving an indication from the cloud that the purchase has been approved based on a determination that the purchase is appropriate given the location of the vehicle; and
completing the purchase based on the received indication.
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Abstract
Example systems and methods for authorizing a financial charge from the head unit of a vehicle are shown, in m example, vehicle position information is received from the head unit at a cloud server. The cloud server can also receive purchase information from the head unit of the vehicle. The cloud server can then verify that the purchase is appropriate given a location of the vehicle, based on the purchase information and the vehicle position information, and pass the purchase information to a credit or debit card processor when the purchase has been verified.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for authorizing a purchase from a head unit of a vehicle, comprising:
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transmitting, by the head unit, vehicle position information to a cloud via a wireless communication network; creating, by the head unit, an authorization for the purchase; sending the authorization for the purchase from the head unit to a cloud via a wireless communication network; and receiving an indication from the cloud that the purchase has been approved based on a determination that the purchase is appropriate given the location of the vehicle; and completing the purchase based on the received indication. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for authorizing a purchase from a head unit of a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving, at a cloud server in a cloud, vehicle position information from the head unit of the vehicle; receiving, at the cloud server, purchase information from the head unit of the vehicle, the purchase information including a location where the purchase is taking place; comparing the vehicle position information to the location where the purchase is taking place to verify that the purchase is appropriate given a location of the vehicle; and passing the purchase information to a credit or debit card processor in response to a verification that the purchase is appropriate .given the location of the vehicle, in order to cause the processing of a financial transaction for the purchase. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A cloud server located in a cloud, the cloud server comprising:
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a processor; a first interface designed to receive vehicle position information and purchase information from a head unit, of a vehicle, the purchase information including a location where a purchase is taking place; a purchase verification module configured to compare the vehicle position information to the location where the purchase is taking place to verify that the purchase is appropriate given a location of the vehicle; and a second interface designed to send the purchase information to a transaction processor in response to a verification that the purchase is appropriate given the location of the vehicle, in order to cause the processing of a financial transaction for the purchase. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. A head unit in a vehicle, comprising:
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a processor; a global positional satellite (GPS) module designed to determine a current location for the vehicle; the processor configured to create an authorization for a purchase, the authorization including vehicle position information from the GPS module; a cellular network transmission module designed to transmit the authorisation to a cloud via a wireless communication message and to complete the purchase upon receiving an indication from the cloud that the purchase has been approved based on a determination that the purchase is appropriate given the location of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to per form operations for authorizing a purchase from a head unit of a vehicle, comprising:
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transmitting, by the head unit, vehicle position information to a cloud via a wireless communication network; sending the authorization for the purchase from the head unit to a cloud via a wireless communication network; receiving an indication from the cloud that the purchase has been approved based on a determination that the purchase is appropriate given the location of the vehicle; and completing;
the purchase based on the received indication.
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions that, when executed by at least one processor of a machine, cause the machine to perform operations for authorizing a purchase from a head unit of a vehicle, comprising:
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receiving, at a cloud server in a cloud, vehicle position information from the head unit of the vehicle; receiving, at the cloud server, purchase information from the head unit of the vehicle, the purchase information including a location where the purchase is taking place; comparing the vehicle position information to the location where the purchase is taking place to verify that the purchase is appropriate given a location of the vehicle; and passing the purchase information to a credit or debit card processor in response to a verification that the purchase is appropriate given the location of the vehicle, in order to cause the processing of a financial transaction for the purchase.
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