Temporary BLUETOOTH pairing

• US 10,645,738 B2
• Filed: 10/22/2018
• Issued: 05/05/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 08/01/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group), Kia Corp.
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Withers, Kim, Harten, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Thanh C
• Application Number:
  US16/166,479
• Publication Number:
  US 20190059123A1
• Time in Patent Office: 561 Days
• 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 67/141 Setup of application sessions admission control or resource allocation in data switching networks H04L47/70
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/143 Termination or inactivation of sessions, e.g. event-controlled end of session
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/38 triggered by timers
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/18 Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks

Abstract

The concepts and technologies disclosed herein provide a vehicle system that can prompt a user to select a BLUETOOTH pairing type—normal or temporary. In response to receiving selection of a temporary BLUETOOTH pairing type, the vehicle system can prompt the user to select a trigger for terminating a temporary pairing period during which the user device and the vehicle system are to be temporarily paired, and the vehicle system can receive selection of the trigger. The user device and the vehicle system can be paired. The vehicle system can receive data associated with the user and can store the data in a vehicle memory. The vehicle system can monitor for activation of the trigger. In response to the trigger being activated, the vehicle system can terminate the temporary pairing period thereby unpairing the user device and the vehicle system and can delete the data from the vehicle memory.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a processor; and

memory having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising

enabling a temporary pairing feature for pairing the system with a device, wherein the temporary pairing feature comprises a trigger to cause deletion of data associated with the device after the system and the device are unpaired, wherein the trigger comprises a scan by a vehicle scanning device,

pairing, using the temporary pairing feature, the system with the device,

receiving, from the device, the data associated with the device,

storing, in the memory, the data associated with the device,

in response to the trigger,

unpairing the system and the device, and

deleting, from the memory, the data associated with the device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned to a vehicle sharing service.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned to a rental service.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being inventoried after a sale, a lease turn-in, or a courtesy vehicle return.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned after a vehicle demonstration.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being used for a transportation-as-a-service service.

7. A computer-readable storage medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor of a system, cause the system to perform operations comprising:

enabling a temporary pairing feature for pairing the system with a device, wherein the temporary pairing feature comprises a trigger to cause deletion of data associated with the device after the system and the device are unpaired, wherein the trigger comprises a scan by a vehicle scanning device;

pairing, using the temporary pairing feature, the system with the device;

receiving, from the device, the data associated with the device;

storing, in the computer-readable storage medium, the data associated with the device;

in response to the trigger,

unpairing the system and the device, and

deleting, from the computer-readable storage medium, the data associated with the device.

8. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned to a vehicle sharing service.

9. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned to a rental service.

10. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being inventoried after a sale, a lease turn-in, or a courtesy vehicle return.

11. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned after a vehicle demonstration.

12. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 7, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being used for a transportation-as-a-service service.

13. A method comprising:

enabling, by a system comprising a processor and memory, a temporary pairing feature for pairing the system with a device, wherein the temporary pairing feature comprises a trigger to cause deletion of data associated with the device after the system and the device are unpaired, wherein the trigger comprises a scan by a vehicle scanning device;

pairing, using the temporary pairing feature, the system with the device;

receiving, by the system, from the device, the data associated with the device,

storing, by the system, in the memory, the data associated with the device,

in response to the trigger,

unpairing the system and the device, and

deleting, by the system, from the memory, the data associated with the device.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned to a vehicle sharing service.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned to a rental service.

16. The method of claim 13, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being inventoried after a sale, a lease turn-in, or a courtesy vehicle return.

17. The method of claim 13, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being returned after a vehicle demonstration.

18. The method of claim 13, wherein the scan by the vehicle scanning device is performed responsive to a vehicle being used for a transportation-as-a-service service.