VEHICLE SERVICE AND USER PROFILE SYNCHRONIZATION
First Claim
1. A method of reconfiguring a second vehicle based on one or more preferences of a user without the user directly providing an input to the second vehicle to reconfigure the second vehicle, the method comprising:
- wirelessly receiving user profile data at a second vehicle, wherein the user profile data is associated with a user of a first vehicle and describes one or more settings of the first vehicle that indicate one or more preferences of the user; and
updating, by a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the updating, one or more settings of the second vehicle based on the user profile data so that the second vehicle is reconfigured based on the one or more preferences of the user.
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a system and method for reconfiguring a second vehicle based on one or more preferences of a user without the user directly providing an input to the second vehicle to reconfigure the second vehicle. The method may include wirelessly receiving user profile data at a second vehicle. The user profile data may indicate one or more preference of the user. The method may also include updating one or more settings of the second vehicle based on the user profile data so that the second vehicle is reconfigured based on the one or more preferences of the user.
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1. A method of reconfiguring a second vehicle based on one or more preferences of a user without the user directly providing an input to the second vehicle to reconfigure the second vehicle, the method comprising:
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wirelessly receiving user profile data at a second vehicle, wherein the user profile data is associated with a user of a first vehicle and describes one or more settings of the first vehicle that indicate one or more preferences of the user; and updating, by a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the updating, one or more settings of the second vehicle based on the user profile data so that the second vehicle is reconfigured based on the one or more preferences of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processing device to perform or control performance of operations for reconfiguring a second vehicle based on one or more preferences of a user without the user directly providing an input to the second vehicle to reconfigure the second vehicle, the operations comprising:
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wirelessly receiving user profile data at a second vehicle, wherein the user profile data is associated with a user of a first vehicle and describes one or more settings of the first vehicle that indicate one or more preferences of the user; updating one or more settings of the second vehicle based on the user profile data so that the second vehicle is reconfigured based on the one or more preferences of the user; detecting the presence of a client associated with the user based on the second vehicle pairing with the client via Bluetooth; and providing an indication of the location of the second vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method comprising:
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providing a flexible vehicle lease in which a user may lease a first vehicle and one or more terms and conditions of the flexible vehicle lease provide the user an option to swap the first vehicle for one of a group of second vehicles at a time chosen by the user, wherein the group of second vehicles is specified by the terms and conditions of the flexible vehicle lease; receiving an input provided to a touchscreen indicating a request of the user to swap the first vehicle for a specified second vehicle at a specified time chosen by the user; and initiating, by a processor-based computing device programmed to perform the initiation, wireless transfer of user profile data from the first vehicle to the specified second vehicle via a network so that the specified second vehicle may be reconfigured based on the one or more preferences of the user indicated by the user profile data.
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