Mode changing of a mobile communication device and vehicle settings when the mobile communications device is in proximity to a vehicle

1. A system comprising:

a first mobile device; and

a second mobile device communicatively coupled to a vehicular system, the vehicular system comprising:

a processor; and

a memory coupled with the processor, the memory comprising executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to effectuate operations comprising:

determining that the first mobile device is associated with a first driver of a vehicle when the first mobile device comes into proximity with the vehicular system;

polling to identify one or more different driver identifiers or mobile device identifiers;

based on the polling, identifying a second mobile device that is associated with a second driver of the vehicle when the second mobile device comes into proximity with the vehicular system; and

transmitting an instruction to the second mobile device to change to a specified mode selected based on the identity of the second driver.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the first mobile device is associated with the first driver of the vehicle comprises receiving an indication including a driver identifier or a mobile device identifier associated with the first driver.

3. The system of claim 2 , further comprising periodically polling to determine whether the driver of the vehicle has changed.

4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the continual polling listens for indications from mobile devices that are in proximity with the vehicular system.

5. The system of claim 1 , further comprising transmitting an instruction to the first mobile device to change to a specified mode selected based on the identity of the first driver.

6. The system of claim 5 , further comprising:

detecting an override signal received from the first mobile device; and

responsive to detecting the override signal, instructing the vehicular system to release the first mobile device from the specified mode.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the driver identifiers is identified based on a biometric associated with the first driver.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein identifying the biometric associated with the first driver comprises identifying the biometric based on at least one sensor of the first mobile device.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein biometric is received at the vehicular system upon the first mobile device transmitting the biometric to the vehicular system.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one of an image sensor, a fingerprint sensor, or a retinal scanner.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein determining that the second mobile device is associated with the second driver comprises matching an identifier of the second mobile device to an identifier of the second driver in a look-up table.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the specified mode comprises a hands-free mode.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the vehicular system further comprises a hands-free component and wherein the operations further comprise instructing the vehicular system to permit the first mobile device to communicate with the hands-free component in the hands-free mode.

14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising computer executable instructions that when executed by a computing device cause said computing device to effectuate operations comprising:

determining that a first mobile device is associated with a first driver of a vehicle when the first mobile device comes into proximity with a vehicular system;

polling to identify one or more different driver identifiers or mobile device identifiers;

based on the polling, identifying a second mobile device that is associated with a second driver of the vehicle when the second mobile device comes into proximity with the vehicular system; and

transmitting an instruction to the second mobile device to change to a specified mode selected based on the identity of the second driver.

15. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising maintaining an association of identifications of at least the first or the second mobile devices to features of the vehicle.

16. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising:

detecting an override signal from the first mobile device; and

responsive to detecting the override signal, instructing the vehicular system to release the first mobile device from the specified mode.

17. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the specified mode comprises one of a hands-free mode, a text-to-speech (US) mode, a control redirection mode, a camera redirection mode, or a video redirection mode.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 14 , further comprising instructing the vehicular system to configure a feature of the vehicle.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 18 , wherein the feature comprises a climate control feature or a radio feature.

20. A method comprising:

determining that a first mobile device is associated with a first driver of a vehicle when the first mobile device comes into proximity with a vehicular system;

polling to identify one or more different driver identifiers or mobile device identifiers;

based on the polling, identifying a second mobile device that is associated with a second driver of the vehicle when the second mobile device comes into proximity with the vehicular system; and

transmitting an instruction to the second mobile device to change to a specified mode selected based on the identity of the second driver.