SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPLEMENTING A VEHICLE CONFIGURATION BASED ON PARAMETERS THAT ARE SPECIFIED BY A MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE WHEN OUTSIDE OF A VEHICLE
First Claim
1. A method for operating a mobile computing device to control a vehicle, the method comprising:
- (a) storing a digital key for accessing a vehicle;
(b) associating, with the digital key, profile information for configuring operation and/or use of a vehicle, the profile information including one or more outside parameters for implementing one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations;
(c) detecting one or more proximity conditions are satisfied as between the mobile computing device and the vehicle, the one or more proximity conditions indicating that the mobile computing device is sufficiently near the vehicle while being outside of the vehicle; and
(d) sending one or more communications to the vehicle upon the one or more proximity conditions being satisfied in order to cause the vehicle to implement the one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations, the one or more communications including the digital key and the one or more outside parameters.
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Abstract
A mobile computing device is operated to control a vehicle. A digital key for accessing a vehicle is stored for accessing the vehicle. Profile information is associated with the digital key for configuring operation and/or use of a vehicle. The profile information may include one or more outside parameters for implementing one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations. When one or more proximity conditions are detected as being satisfied as between the mobile computing device and the vehicle, a communication is sent to the vehicle in order to cause the vehicle to implement one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations. The communication can be based on the digital key and may specify the one or more outside parameters.
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30 Claims
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1. A method for operating a mobile computing device to control a vehicle, the method comprising:
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(a) storing a digital key for accessing a vehicle; (b) associating, with the digital key, profile information for configuring operation and/or use of a vehicle, the profile information including one or more outside parameters for implementing one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations; (c) detecting one or more proximity conditions are satisfied as between the mobile computing device and the vehicle, the one or more proximity conditions indicating that the mobile computing device is sufficiently near the vehicle while being outside of the vehicle; and (d) sending one or more communications to the vehicle upon the one or more proximity conditions being satisfied in order to cause the vehicle to implement the one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations, the one or more communications including the digital key and the one or more outside parameters. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A mobile computing device comprising:
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a short-range wireless port; a memory resource; and a processor to; store in the memory resource a digital key to access a vehicle; associate, with the digital key, profile information for configuring operation and/or use of the vehicle, the profile information including one or more outside parameters for implementing one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations; detect, using the short-range wireless port, when one or more proximity conditions are satisfied as between the mobile computing device and the vehicle, the one or more proximity conditions indicating that the mobile computing device is sufficiently near the vehicle while being outside of the vehicle; and send, using the short-range wireless port, one or more communications to the vehicle upon the one or more proximity conditions being satisfied, the one or more communications including the digital key and the one or more outside parameters. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A vehicle comprising:
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a controller; a set of interfaces to operational and usage facets of the vehicle; a short-range wireless port; wherein the controller operates to; receive, using the short-range wireless port, one or more communications from a mobile computing device, the one or more communications including a digital key and one or more outside parameters for implementing one or more vehicle configurations; authenticate the digital key; upon authenticating the digital key, communicate with one or more of the interfaces in the set of interfaces, in order to (i) implement the one or more vehicle configurations prior to occurrence of an event signifying that the mobile computing device is inside the vehicle, and (ii) provide access to the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A non-transitory computer-readable medium that stores instructions, executable by one or more processors, to cause the one or more processors to perform operations that comprise:
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(a) storing a digital key for accessing a vehicle; (b) associating, with the digital key, profile information for configuring operation and/or use of a vehicle, the profile information including one or more outside parameters for implementing one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations; (c) detecting one or more proximity conditions are satisfied as between the mobile computing device and the vehicle, the one or more proximity conditions indicating that the mobile computing device is sufficiently near the vehicle while being outside of the vehicle; and (d) sending one or more communications to the vehicle upon the one or more proximity conditions being satisfied in order to cause the vehicle to implement the one or more pre-entry vehicle configurations, the one or more communications including the digital key and the one or more outside parameters.
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