Access Control for Personalized User Information Maintained by a Telematics Unit
First Claim
1. A method for limiting access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle including a telematics unit, the method comprising:
- storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory;
blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user;
authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user; and
providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user.
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Abstract
A system and method are described herein that enable a vehicle user to establish, store (in a limited access storage location), and restore personalization information for the vehicle user on a vehicle. In particular the system manages personalization information to configure settings for a registered vehicle user in a vehicle including a telematics unit. The system is configured to carry out the method including establishing, for the registered vehicle user, a personalization information dataset within a networked vehicle user database. The system is further configured to submit a request to download the personalization information dataset from the networked vehicle user database, the request identifying the registered vehicle user and the vehicle. The system is also configured to download in accordance with the request to download, via a mobile wireless link to the telematics unit, values from the personalization information dataset to the telematics unit of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for limiting access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle including a telematics unit, the method comprising:
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storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory; blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user; authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user; and providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for limiting access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle including a telematics unit, the computer-executable instructions facilitating carrying out a method comprising:
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storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory; blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user; authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user; and providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user.
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15. A system for managing limited access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle, the system including:
a telematics unit including an electronic processor and computer-executable instructions facilitating carrying out a method comprising; storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory; blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user; authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user; and providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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