Vehicle request using wearable earpiece

1 . A method comprising steps of:

receiving at an earpiece a request for a vehicle from a user;

verifying identity of the user, the verifying performed by the earpiece;

communicating over a network the request to a vehicle or vehicle operator;

wherein the earpiece comprises an earpiece housing, an intelligent control system disposed within the earpiece; a wireless transceiver disposed within the earpiece and operatively connected to the intelligent control system, at least one speaker operatively connected to the intelligent control system, and at least one microphone operatively connected to the intelligent control system.

2 . The method of claim 1 wherein the request for the vehicle is a request to rent a vehicle.

3 . The method of claim 1 wherein the request for the vehicle is a request to be picked up by the vehicle.

4 . The method of claim 1 wherein the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle.

5 . The method of claim 1 wherein the verifying the identity is performed using biometric data collected using one or more sensors of the earpiece.

6 . The method of claim 5 wherein the biometric data includes biometric data sensed with a heart rate sensor of the earpiece.

7 . The method of claim 6 wherein the biometric data includes heart rate variability.

8 . The method of claim 5 wherein the biometric data includes biometric data sensed with a pulse oximeter of the earpiece.

9 . The method of claim 1 further comprising providing turn-by-turn directions to the user through the earpiece.

10 . The method of claim 1 wherein the receiving the request is receiving a voice request.

11 . A method comprising:

detecting at an earpiece, a voice request from a user of the earpiece for access to a vehicle, the earpiece comprising an ear piece housing, at least one microphone, and at least one speaker, an intelligent control system disposed within the ear piece housing and operatively connected to the at least one microphone and the at least on speaker, and a wireless transceiver operatively connected to the intelligent control system;

verifying an identity of the user, wherein the verifying the identify is performed by the earpiece using the intelligent control system;

sending a request from the earpiece over a network, the request including the identity of the user and a user location;

receiving over the network a location associated with the vehicle;

providing audio prompts through the earpiece to direct the user along a path to the location associated with the vehicle from the user location.

12 . The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is an autonomous vehicle and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the autonomous vehicle.

13 . The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is a ride share vehicle and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the ride share vehicle.

14 . The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is a rental vehicle and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the rental vehicle.

15 . The method of claim 11 wherein the vehicle is a taxi and wherein the location associated with the vehicle is a rendezvous location between the user and the taxi.

16 . The method of claim 11 wherein the location is a rendezvous location between the user and the autonomous vehicle, the rendezvous location being different from a current location of the vehicle.

17 . The method of claim 11 wherein the path is at least partially within a building and wherein the earpiece further comprises at least one inertial sensor disposed within the earpiece housing and operatively connected to the intelligent control system.