TRANSFER OF USER PROFILE DATA VIA VEHICLE AGENCY CONTROL
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:
a system adapted to receive a reservation for a vehicle rental, the system querying a user if they would like to associate their user profile with a rental vehicle; and
when the user would like to associate their user profile with the rental vehicle, locating and uploading their user profile and associating their user profile with the reservation, and
when the user does not wish to associate their user profile with the rental vehicle, querying the user if they would like to create a new profile or rent the vehicle without a profile.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the system further queries the user to associate a position in the vehicle with their user profile.
3 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the system further queries the user to associate a position in the vehicle with one or more additional user profiles.
4 . The system of claim 1 , further comprising an advertising module adapted to send one or more ads to one or more of the rental vehicle and a communications device associated with the user.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user profile is initially stored on a communications device, a tablet, a smartphone and in a cloud.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein a third party is capable of associating the user profile with the reservation.
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein, after completion of the reservation, the user is provided the option of associating their profile back with their communication device.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the communications device is used as a key for the vehicle.
9 . The system of claim 1 , wherein targeted advertising is provided to the vehicle at least based on the profile, and the user's profile is locatable by the system through the use of a telephone number and.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the user's profile is automatically associated with a specific vehicle upon completion of a rental contract.
11 . A method to associate a user profile with a vehicle comprising:
receiving a reservation for a vehicle rental, the system querying a user if they would like to associate their user profile with a rental vehicle; and
when the user would like to associate their user profile with the rental vehicle, locating and uploading their user profile and associating their user profile with the reservation, and
when the user does not wish to associate their user profile with the rental vehicle, querying the user if they would like to create a new profile or rent the vehicle without a profile.
12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising querying the user to associate a position in the vehicle with their user profile.
13 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising querying the user to associate a position in the vehicle with one or more additional user profiles.
14 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising sending one or more ads to one or more of the rental vehicle and a communications device associated with the user.
15 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user profile is initially stored on a communications device, a tablet, a smartphone and in a cloud.
16 . The method of claim 11 , wherein a third party is capable of associating the user profile with the reservation.
17 . The method of claim 11 , wherein, after completion of the reservation, the user is provided the option of associating their profile back with their communication device.
18 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the communications device is used as a key for the vehicle.
19 . The method of claim 11 , wherein target advertising is provided to the vehicle at least based on the profile.
20 . The method of claim 11 , wherein the user's profile is locatable by the system through the use of a telephone number, and the user's profile is automatically associated with a specific vehicle upon completion of a rental contract.