USER PROFILE EXCHANGE VIA VEHICLE SUPPORTED COMMUNICATIONS PROTOCOL
A system to access one or more user profiles that govern one or more vehicle functions. The system cooperates with a processor and verification module which are adapted to verify, using one or more of biometric information, gesture recognition, facial recognition and device identification information, that a user has authority to access the one or more user profiles, where the one or more profiles are stored in one or more of a vehicle, a cloud and a communications device. An edit module is further provided and adapted to allow the user to make one or more edits to the one or more user profiles.
1 . A system to associate a user profile with a vehicle comprising:
an import/export module adapted to receive the user profile from one or more of a communications device, a cloud, another vehicle and a computing device;
a profile subsystem module adapted to integrate the user profile into the vehicle; and
a position detection module adapted to determine a position of the user in the vehicle and one or more of enable and disable certain settings or preferences in the profile based on the determined position.
2 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a communications device that utilizes one or more of NFC, RFID, Bluetooth®, wireless and IR communications to transfer the user profile.
3 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising a dock adapted to pair the communications device with the vehicle.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein feedback is provided to the user via a display of which settings or preferences were enabled or disabled.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the determined position is driver, front seat passenger, back seat passenger or front seat passenger/alternate driver.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a communication session is established between the communications device and the vehicle.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user profile is received from another vehicle.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user profile is retrieved from a rental car agency profile repository.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user profile is exported to one or more of the communications device, the cloud, another vehicle and the computing device.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of: the user profile on the communications device is updated upon the user leaving the vehicle,
an updated profile is received at the communications device, and both the updated profile and the user profile are stored, and
a user can select from multiple profiles for use in the vehicle.
11 . A method to associate a user profile with a vehicle comprising:
receiving the user profile from one or more of a communications device, a cloud, another vehicle and a computing device;
integrating the user profile into the vehicle; and
determining a position of the user in the vehicle and one or more of enable and disable certain settings or preferences in the profile based on the determined position.
12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising utilizing one or more of NFC, RFID, Bluetooth®, wireless and IR communications to transfer the user profile.
13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising docking the communications device with the vehicle.
14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising providing feedback to the user via a display of which settings or preferences were enabled or disabled.
15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the determined position is driver, front seat passenger, back seat passenger or front seat passenger/alternate driver.
16 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising establishing a communication session between the communications device and the vehicle.
17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user profile is received from another vehicle.
18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user profile is retrieved from a rental car agency profile repository.
19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user profile is exported to one or more of the communications device, the cloud, another vehicle and the computing device.
20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein one or more of:
the user profile on the communications device is updated upon the user leaving the vehicle,
an updated profile is received at the communications device, and both the updated profile and the user profile are stored, and
a user can select from multiple profiles for use in the vehicle.