User identification from user data associated with a mobile communication device

• US 9,973,922 B1
• Filed: 03/23/2017
• Issued: 05/15/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda Motor Company)
• Inventors: Yamamoto, Stuart Masakazu, Sullivan, Evan, Zhang, Junlei, Alequin, Joseph Anthony
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Dung
• Application Number:
  US15/467,795
• Time in Patent Office: 418 Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/3331 Query processing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/337 Profile generation, learning or modification
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A computer system for establishing a user profile in an in-vehicle communications system based upon a mobile communication device in a motor vehicle includes a processor and a non-transitory computer readable medium. The computer readable medium includes computer program code for retrieving user data from the mobile communication device, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the mobile communication device, parsing a user name from the user data by identifying possessive indicia in the user data and selecting the user name associated with the possessive indicia, transmitting the parsed user name for confirmation from the user, generating the user profile including the user name, storing the user profile in the non-transitory computer medium, and storing at least one user setting associated with the motor vehicle in the user profile.

Claims

1. A computer system for establishing a user profile in an in-vehicle communications system based upon a mobile communication device in a motor vehicle, comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium including computer program code for;

retrieving user data from the mobile communication device, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the mobile communication device;

parsing a user name from the user data, wherein parsing the user name comprises identifying possessive indicia in the user data and selecting the user name associated with the possessive indicia;

transmitting the parsed user name for confirmation from the user; and

generating the user profile including the user name.

2. The computer system of claim 1 wherein parsing the user name comprises identifying the user name by comparing user data with a database of names.

3. The computer system of claim 1 wherein the user profile is stored by the non-transitory computer medium.

4. The computer system of claim 3 wherein the user profile is used to store at least one user setting associated with the motor vehicle.

5. The computer system of claim 4 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with a position of a seat in the motor vehicle.

6. The computer system of claim 4 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with a position of a mirror in the motor vehicle.

7. The computer system of claim 4 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with at least one audio setting in the motor vehicle.

8. The computer system of claim 4 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with at least one navigation system setting in the motor vehicle.

9. A method for establishing a user profile in an in-vehicle communications system based upon a mobile communication device in a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:

retrieving user data from the mobile communication device, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the mobile communication device;

parsing a user name from the user data by identifying possessive indicia in the user data and selecting the user name associated with the possessive indicia;

transmitting the parsed user name for confirmation from the user; and

generating the user profile including the user name.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein parsing the user name comprises identifying the user name by comparing user data with a database of names.

11. The method of claim 9 wherein the user profile is stored by the non-transitory computer medium.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the user profile is used to store at least one user setting associated with the motor vehicle.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with a position of a seat in the motor vehicle.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with a position of a mirror in the motor vehicle.

15. The method of claim 12 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with at least one audio setting in the motor vehicle.

16. The method of claim 12 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with at least one navigation system setting in the motor vehicle.

17. A computer system for establishing a user profile in an in-vehicle communications system based upon a mobile communication device in a motor vehicle, comprising:

a processor;

a non-transitory computer readable medium, the computer readable medium including computer program code for;

retrieving user data from the mobile communication device, the user data including data associated with a particular user of the mobile communication device;

parsing a user name from the user data by identifying possessive indicia in the user data and selecting the user name associated with the possessive indicia;

transmitting the parsed user name for confirmation from the user;

generating the user profile including the user name;

storing the user profile in the non-transitory computer medium; and

storing at least one user setting associated with the motor vehicle in the user profile.

18. The computer system of claim 17 wherein the at least one user setting is associated with at least one of a position of a seat in the motor vehicle, a position of a mirror in the motor vehicle, at least one audio setting in the motor vehicle, and at least one navigation system setting in the motor vehicle.