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Platform for wireless interaction with vehicle

  • US 9,956,939 B2
  • Filed: 04/24/2017
  • Issued: 05/01/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2015
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A wireless control system within a vehicle, comprising:

  • a plurality of components controlling functionality of the vehicle;

    a processor device; and

    a memory including instructions that, when executed with the processor device, cause the system to, at least;

    maintain a plurality of user accounts for a plurality of users, each of the plurality of user accounts associated with a user profile for a specific user of the plurality of users, the user profile indicating a subset of functions that the specific user is authorized to execute from a set of functions available for the vehicle, each of the functions in the subset of functions associated with a configuration setting set for the specific user, at least some of the configuration settings including an indication of a preference value for that specific user that may be defined by the respective user;

    receive a request from a user device to perform a function from the set of functions available for the vehicle, the function being one for which the configuration setting includes a pre-defined preference value which may vary by user;

    determine an identity of a requesting user associated with the user device;

    determine, based on the determined identity of the requesting user, whether the function is one in a subset of functions that the requesting user is authorized to execute;

    in response to determining that the function is in the subset of functions that the requesting user is authorized to execute, generate instructions to execute the vehicle function by;

    identifying, from the configuration settings stored in association with the function, the pre-defined preference value for the function associated with the user profile for the requesting user;

    determining at least one component of the plurality of components associated with the function;

    calculating, based on a current configuration of the at least one component and the pre-defined preference value, a change in configuration of the at least one component necessary to comply with the pre-defined preference value; and

    providing, to the at least one component, instructions to execute the function to cause the calculated change in configuration; and

    in response to determining that the function is not in the subset of functions that the requesting user is authorized to execute or that the requested value associated with the function is not allowed within the configuration settings, provide an indication that the user is not authorized to initiate the vehicle function.

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