Automatic Pairing of a Vehicle and a Mobile Communications Device
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1. A method of associating a second vehicle with a mobile communications device, comprising:
- authenticating, by the second vehicle, a user with the second vehicle;
retrieving user information of the user from a remote server, the user information including an identifier of a mobile communications device, the identifier of the mobile communications device having been previously sent to the remote server by a first vehicle and stored at the remote server; and
automatically associating with the mobile communications device based on the retrieved user information.
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Abstract
A method of associating a second vehicle with a mobile communications device is provided. The method authenticates a user with the second vehicle. The method retrieves user information of the user from a remote server. The user information includes an identifier of a mobile communications device. The identifier of the mobile communications device has been previously sent to the remote server by a first vehicle and stored at the remote server. The method automatically associates with the mobile communications device based on the retrieved user information.
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1. A method of associating a second vehicle with a mobile communications device, comprising:
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authenticating, by the second vehicle, a user with the second vehicle; retrieving user information of the user from a remote server, the user information including an identifier of a mobile communications device, the identifier of the mobile communications device having been previously sent to the remote server by a first vehicle and stored at the remote server; and automatically associating with the mobile communications device based on the retrieved user information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A system, comprising:
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a computer processor; and logic executable by the computer processor, the logic configured to implement a method, the method comprising; receiving, from a first vehicle, user information including an identifier of a mobile communications device; storing the user information; receiving, from a second vehicle, a request for the user information; and sending the second vehicle the user information, wherein the second vehicle automatically associates with the mobile communications device based on the user information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of facilitating automatic association of a second vehicle and a mobile communications device, comprising:
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authenticating, by a first vehicle, a user with the first vehicle; obtaining an identifier of the mobile communications device; and sending user information including the identifier of the mobile communications device to a remote server, wherein the remote server subsequently sends the user information to the second vehicle in response to receiving a request from the second vehicle, wherein the second vehicle automatically associates with the mobile communications device when the user carrying the mobile communications device accesses the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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