MANAGING WIRELESS COMMUNICATION SETTINGS IN A PLURALITY OF VEHICLES
First Claim
1. A method of managing short-range wireless communications settings applied at a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- (a) detecting a plurality of short-range wireless communications settings used by an existing vehicle;
(b) storing the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings with a subscriber identity;
(c) detecting that a person associated with the subscriber identity has begun using a new vehicle;
(d) uploading the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings from the existing vehicle to the new vehicle; and
(e) applying the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings associated with the subscriber identity to the new vehicle.
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Abstract
A method of managing short-range wireless communications settings applied at a vehicle includes detecting a plurality of short-range wireless communications settings used by an existing vehicle; storing the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings with a subscriber identity; detecting that a person associated with the subscriber identity has begun using a new vehicle; uploading the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings from the existing vehicle to the new vehicle; and applying the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings associated with the subscriber identity to the new vehicle.
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16 Claims
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1. A method of managing short-range wireless communications settings applied at a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(a) detecting a plurality of short-range wireless communications settings used by an existing vehicle; (b) storing the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings with a subscriber identity; (c) detecting that a person associated with the subscriber identity has begun using a new vehicle; (d) uploading the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings from the existing vehicle to the new vehicle; and (e) applying the plurality of short-range wireless communications settings associated with the subscriber identity to the new vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of managing short-range wireless communications settings applied at a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(a) storing an identity of a wireless device with a subscriber identity; (b) linking a wireless identifier broadcast by an existing vehicle with the subscriber identity; (c) detecting the presence of the wireless device stored with the subscriber identity at a new vehicle; and (d) transmitting the wireless identifier broadcast by the existing vehicle to the new vehicle in response to step (c); and (e) broadcasting the wireless identifier at the new vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of managing short-range wireless communications settings applied at a vehicle, comprising the steps of:
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(a) broadcasting a service set identification (SSID) at a Wi-Fi hotspot provided by an existing vehicle; (b) identifying at the existing vehicle a wireless device that has used the Wi-Fi hotspot; (c) storing the identity of the wireless device that has used the Wi-Fi hotspot and the broadcast SSID under a subscriber identity; (d) detecting the identity of the wireless device at a new vehicle; (e) searching a central database of subscriber identities for the identity of the detected wireless device; (f) when the identity of the wireless device is located in the central database, accessing the SSID stored with the identity of the wireless device under the subscriber identity; (g) wirelessly downloading the accessed SSID at the new vehicle; and (h) broadcasting the SSID at a Wi-Fi hotspot provided by the new vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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