PERSONALIZED SEAT SYSTEM FOR RIDESHARE VEHICLE INTERIOR

• US 20180218470A1
• Filed: 01/27/2017
• Published: 08/02/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 01/27/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: BELWAFA, Jamel E., RAO, Manoharprasad K., CUDDIHY, Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US15/417,380
• Publication Number:
  US 20180218470A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 2240/00 Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083

Abstract

A vehicle is selected by the server to perform a ride-share. A seating location within the vehicle is identified. The seating location and personalized ride-sharing settings for the user account are sent to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to precondition the seating location according to the settings, prior to the user entering the vehicle.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a mobile device associated with a user of a ride-share server, programmed to;

receive information indicative of a vehicle selected by the server to perform a ride-share,

identify a seating location within the vehicle, and

send the seating location and personalized ride-sharing settings for the user to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to precondition the seating location according to the settings, prior to the user entering the vehicle.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the information indicates seating locations within the vehicle that are available for selection for the user to ride in via the mobile device.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the information includes seating locations within the vehicle that are unavailable for selection for the user to ride in via the mobile device.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the information includes a suggested seat location identified by the server according to the personalized ride-sharing settings.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further programmed to provide a user interface for configuration of the personalized ride-sharing settings.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile device is further programmed to maintain the personalized ride-sharing settings at the ride-share server.

7. A method comprising:

receiving a ride-share request from a mobile device of a user;

identify a vehicle to perform the ride-share request by limiting available vehicles according to personalized ride-sharing settings of the user;

sending the vehicle an indication of the ride-share request and a seating location for the user; and

providing the vehicle with the personalized ride-sharing settings for preconditioning the seating location prior to the user entering the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 7, further comprising suggesting a seat location according to the personalized ride-sharing settings.

9. The method of claim 8, further comprising receiving input from the user overriding the seat location with another seat location.

10. The method of claim 9, further comprising applying the personalized ride-sharing settings to individual seat control systems corresponding to the seating location to perform the preconditioning.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the ride-share request includes a pick-up location and a destination location.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the preconditioning includes setting a temperature setting of the seating location, setting a blower speed of the seating location.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein the preconditioning includes setting an audio source and volume of the seating location.

14. The method of claim 7, wherein the preconditioning includes setting a seat orientation of the seating location.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium including instructions that, when executed by a processor of a computing system of a vehicle, cause the system to:

receive personalized ride-sharing settings for preconditioning a seating location of the vehicle, responsive to selection of the vehicle for performing a ride-share for a user; and

apply the settings to control systems to adjust seating, entertainment, and ventilation settings of the seating location prior to the user entering the vehicle.

16. The medium of claim 15, wherein the personalized ride-sharing settings are received from a ride-sharing server to a network address of the computing system of the vehicle.

17. The medium of claim 15, wherein the personalized ride-sharing settings are received from a mobile device of the user to a network address of the computing system of the vehicle.