Method for providing user-specific settings in a motor vehicle and method for determining an assignment of a mobile communications device to a motor vehicle from a plurality of motor vehicles
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1. A method for providing user-specific settings in a motor vehicle, comprising:
- storing user-specific data in a central data processing device, the user-specific data being associated with a user that has an associated mobile communication appliance;
ascertaining a position of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is parked;
wirelessly transmitting the position from the motor vehicle to the central data processing device;
transmitting the position of the motor vehicle from the central data processing device to the mobile communication appliance;
repeatedly ascertaining a position of the mobile communication appliance and comparing the position of the mobile communication appliance with the position of the motor vehicle;
increasing a counter value if the position of the mobile communication appliance is ascertained to be within a predetermined proximity to the position of the motor vehicle and the motor vehicle is not started within a predetermined amount of time;
transmitting position information regarding a match to the central data processing device if, based on a predetermined criterion, the mobile communication appliance is situated in proximity to the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is parked;
updating the predetermined criterion if the counter value reaches a predetermined threshold;
upon receiving the position information, transmitting the user-specific data to the motor vehicle; and
using the user-specific data at the motor vehicle to provide the user-specific settings.
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Abstract
Data and consequently settings in a motor vehicle are personalized in the present case using a central data processing device. The latter knows the positions of a motor vehicle or a plurality of motor vehicles and transmits these positions to a mobile communication appliance, which compares the transmitted positions with its own. If the result of the comparison is that the mobile communication appliance is situated in proximity to one of the motor vehicles, personalized data are transmitted, which can then be used to make personalized settings.
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1. A method for providing user-specific settings in a motor vehicle, comprising:
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storing user-specific data in a central data processing device, the user-specific data being associated with a user that has an associated mobile communication appliance; ascertaining a position of the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is parked; wirelessly transmitting the position from the motor vehicle to the central data processing device; transmitting the position of the motor vehicle from the central data processing device to the mobile communication appliance; repeatedly ascertaining a position of the mobile communication appliance and comparing the position of the mobile communication appliance with the position of the motor vehicle; increasing a counter value if the position of the mobile communication appliance is ascertained to be within a predetermined proximity to the position of the motor vehicle and the motor vehicle is not started within a predetermined amount of time; transmitting position information regarding a match to the central data processing device if, based on a predetermined criterion, the mobile communication appliance is situated in proximity to the motor vehicle when the motor vehicle is parked; updating the predetermined criterion if the counter value reaches a predetermined threshold; upon receiving the position information, transmitting the user-specific data to the motor vehicle; and using the user-specific data at the motor vehicle to provide the user-specific settings. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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