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Granted Patent B2
US 11,297,499 · App. 16/943,350 · Granted Apr 5, 2022

Associating vehicle user equipment with customer mobile accounts

Inventor: Andrew Givens (Atlanta, GA)
Assignee: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
H04W12/06H04L63/08H04L63/102H04L67/306H04W4/24H04W4/40H04W4/50H04W12/08
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Patent No.
US 11,297,499
App. No.
16/943,350
Granted
Apr 5, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A server device can, in response to a mobile device request, facilitate presentation of a login page via a mobile device. The login page can prompt for access credentials to a user account associated with mobile communications services and associated with a user identity, wherein a displayed link by an in-vehicle user equipment enabled the mobile device to request the login page. Based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, the server device can facilitate displaying a prompt, via the mobile device, for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link. The server device can receive a submitted code from the mobile device, and in response to the submitted code being determined to match the activation code, pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.

Claims (36)

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, by server equipment comprising a processor, a request from network equipment requesting use of an in-vehicle user equipment in a vehicle;

based on the request, identifying, by the server equipment, a user account associated with the network equipment;

based on a model of the vehicle, determining, by the server equipment, that a minor is a likely consumer of content via the in-vehicle user equipment, wherein determining that the minor is a likely consumer comprises determining that the model of the vehicle is of a class of vehicles associated with transporting minors;

based on the determining that the minor is the likely consumer, selecting, by the server equipment, content with a content rating commensurate with viewing by minors; and

based on the user account, facilitating, by the server equipment, delivery of the content to the in-vehicle user equipment.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the request comprises credential information for the user account.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein selecting the content for communication to the in-vehicle user equipment is further based on a preference associated with the user account.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, based on the user account, communicating, by the server equipment activation information to the in-vehicle user equipment enabling the in-vehicle user equipment to display the content.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the in-vehicle user equipment comprises presentation equipment for presentation of content information received from a content-serving device.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein communication of information to the in-vehicle user equipment is facilitated by a vehicle-to-everything protocol related to delivery of wireless communications to motor vehicles.

7. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, based on the user account, receiving, by the server equipment, vehicle identification information for the vehicle from the in-vehicle user equipment.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle identification information comprises the model of the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, based on the user account, facilitating, by the server equipment, control of the in-vehicle user equipment by the network equipment.

10. Vehicle equipment of a vehicle, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving activation information associated with user equipment from server equipment, wherein the activation information is based on a request received by the server equipment from the user equipment;

based on the activation information, communicating vehicle information of the vehicle to the server equipment;

based on the vehicle information, receiving from the server equipment, content for display, wherein the content was selected by the server equipment based on a determination that a minor is a likely consumer of the content, wherein the determination was based the vehicle information indicating that the vehicle is of a class of vehicles associated with transporting minors.

11. The vehicle equipment of claim 10 , wherein the activation information links the vehicle equipment to the user equipment.

12. The vehicle equipment of claim 10 , wherein the activation information is further based on a user account linked to the user equipment.

13. The vehicle equipment of claim 12 , wherein receiving the content is further based on the user account.

14. The vehicle equipment of claim 13 , wherein receiving the content is further based on a preference of the user account applicable to setting preferences associated with the user account for operation of the vehicle device.

15. The vehicle equipment of claim 10 , wherein receiving the content is facilitated by a vehicle-to-everything wireless communication protocol applicable to communications with the vehicle.

16. The vehicle equipment of claim 10 , wherein the content comprises first content, and wherein the operations further comprise:

based on the vehicle identification information, receiving second content associated with the vehicle.

17. The vehicle device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise, based on the activation information, executing an operation based on a command received from the user equipment.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a content delivery server, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

receiving, from a mobile device, activation information associated with a content delivery device of a vehicle;

based on the activation information, linking the mobile device with the content delivery device;

based on a model of the vehicle, determining that a minor is a likely consumer of content via the content delivery device, wherein determining that the minor is a likely consumer comprises determining that the model of the vehicle is of a class of vehicles associated with transporting minors;

based on the determining that the minor is the likely consumer, selecting content with a content rating commensurate with viewing by minors; and

based on the activation information, facilitating delivery of the content to the content delivery device.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the content delivery device is installed in the vehicle.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein the operations further comprise, based on the activation information, pairing the content delivery device with a user account associated with the mobile device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2020
From: GIVENS, ANDREW
To: AT&T MOBILITY II LLC
Reel/Frame 053356/0298 →
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16699923 · Dec 2, 2019
Related Publication 20210168606A1 · Jun 3, 2021
Cited By (1)
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