System and method for determining a user role and user settings associated with a vehicle

1 . A system comprising:

a vehicle, the vehicle comprising a vehicle network; and

a wireless earpiece worn by a user in operative communication with the vehicle network;

wherein the vehicle is configured to acquire sensor data from the wireless earpiece;

wherein the wireless earpiece is configured to confirm an identity of the user using sensor data stored on the wireless earpiece;

wherein the vehicle is configured to determine a role of the user and user settings for the vehicle from the sensor data received from the wireless earpiece and an action performed by the user on the vehicle, wherein the sensor data includes inertial data from an inertial sensor of the wireless earpiece; and

wherein the vehicle is further configured to implement the user settings in accordance with the role of the user in response to the confirmation of the identity of the user by the wireless earpiece.

2 . The system of claim 1 wherein the data includes biometric data.

3 . The system of claim 2 wherein the biometric data is determined using one or more sensors of the wireless earpiece.

4 . The system of claim 3 wherein the one or more sensors includes a physiological sensor.

5 . The system of claim 2 wherein the biometric data comprises biometric data stored on the wireless earpiece.

6 . The system of claim 2 wherein the user settings comprise seat settings and wherein the biometric data includes height information.

7 . The system of claim 1 wherein the user settings comprise entertainment settings and wherein the data comprises entertainment data.

8 . The system of claim 7 wherein the entertainment settings include radio presets and wherein the entertainment data comprises music preferences.

9 . The system of claim 7 wherein recommendations associated with the seat settings are provided by the wireless earpiece in accordance with the biometric data of the user.

10 . A method for adjusting one or more user settings associated with a vehicle based on user data from a wireless earpiece worn by a user, the method comprising:

acquiring, by the vehicle, the user data stored on the wireless earpiece worn by the user via a wireless linkage between the vehicle and the wireless earpiece, wherein the user data includes data from an inertial sensor of the wireless earpiece;

confirming by the wireless earpiece, based on the user data, an identity of the user;

determining by the vehicle, based on the user data and vehicle data, a role of the user;

determining whether the user has access rights to perform various functions over the vehicle;

communicating data and/or commands over the vehicle network to perform the various functions over the vehicle;

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising the step of determining by the vehicle, based on the user data the one or more user settings.

12 . The method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of automatically adjusting, by the vehicle, one or more vehicle features based on the one or more user settings in accordance with the role of the user in response to the confirmation of the identity of the user by the wireless earpiece.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the user data comprises music preference data.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the user settings include entertainment system settings.

15 . The method of claim 13 , wherein the entertainment system settings include radio preset settings.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the confirmation of the identity of the user is further determined from answers provided by the user in response to questions communicated to the user by the wireless earpiece, wherein the questions are associated with activities of the user.

17 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising the step of identifying the access rights needed to perform various vehicle functions.

18 . The method of claim 17 , further comprising the inputting commands to the vehicle through the wireless earpiece.