SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR REGULATING VEHICLE ACCESS
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Abstract
A method for regulating vehicle access comprises receiving, from an electronic device of a user, a request to access a vehicle. The vehicle can be disposed at a designated geographic location. Next, geographic information of the user is received from the electronic device. The geographic information is determined with the aid of the electronic device of the user. The user is then provided access to the vehicle if, based on the received geographic information, a geographic location of the user is within a given distance from the designated geographic location of the vehicle.
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48 Claims
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1-33. -33. (canceled)
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34. A method of operating a vehicle, comprising:
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providing (i) an electronic control unit of the vehicle configured to control access to the vehicle and (ii) a housing configured to receive a mobile electronic device of a user, wherein the housing comprises a cover configured to enclose the mobile electronic device within the housing when the vehicle is in use by the user; initiating, at the electronic control unit, communication with the mobile electronic device through an electronic communication interface of the electronic control unit; and instructing an instrument cluster of the vehicle to display vehicle state information of the vehicle, wherein instructing the instrument cluster comprises instructing a graphical user interface of the mobile electronic device to display the vehicle state information. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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