Systems for transferring user profiles between vehicles using cloud services
Methods and systems for communicating with a server of a cloud services system used to interface with vehicles are provided. One method includes receiving, by the server, a request from electronics of a vehicle to access a profile for a user account. The request identifies user information for a user to use the vehicle. The method includes processing, by the server, at least part of the user information to verify the user against data associated with the user account. The profile has a plurality of settings of the user for the vehicle, and at least part of the plurality of settings for the profile being stored on storage accessible to the cloud services system. The method includes transferring, by the server, upon verification of the user information, one or more settings of the plurality of settings to the vehicle. The transferring is configured to instruct software associated with said electronics of the vehicle to apply said one or more settings to the vehicle for customizing said vehicle to use said one or more settings, and the vehicle uses wireless communication with the cloud services system to receive said one or more settings for the profile. And, the profile is transferrable from vehicle to vehicle used by the user, so user settings go with the user. The profile, in one example, is activated automatically in a vehicle upon pairing a device with the vehicle.
1. A cloud-based system including one or more data centers, and each data center of the cloud-based system includes one or more servers, wherein some of said one or more servers have program instructions for enabling connections with vehicles and providing services to vehicles, wherein one service includes enabling access to settings associated with profiles of user accounts of the cloud-based system, comprising:
a server for receiving a request from a vehicle to access a profile for a user account, the request identifies user information related to a user;
a server for processing at least part of the user information to verify the access, the profile having a plurality of settings of the user preferred for the vehicle having a vehicle type, at least part of the plurality of settings of the profile being stored on storage accessible to said one or more servers; and
a server for transferring, upon verification of the user information and based on determining settings that are compatible, by said server, for said vehicle type, one or more settings of the plurality of settings to the vehicle, the transferring is configured to instruct software and hardware associated the vehicle to enable said one or more settings on the vehicle for customizing said vehicle for the user, the request and the transferring being via wireless communication of said vehicle.
2. The cloud-based system of claim 1 , wherein the profile is transferrable to one or more other vehicles.
3. The cloud-based system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is configured to use the one or more settings for the vehicle while the profile is active in the vehicle, and said one or more settings are removed when the profile is no longer active in the vehicle, and wherein the request is processed automatically by the vehicle upon a pairing of a user device or input by the user of credentials.
4. The cloud-based system of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the settings are associated with systems of the vehicle, and the systems of the vehicle are configured to receive input or cause one or more actions or functions,
wherein the systems include one or more of a door lock, a heating and cooling system, a speaker, an engine start/shut switch, a user interface, a button, a lever, a key, a graphical user interface (GUI), an electronic component of the vehicle, a telecommunications system, a remote face-to-face conferencing system, a mapping function system, a GPS system, a fingerprint scanner, a touch screen, a navigation system, a wireless communication system, a data encryption system, WiFi logic, Bluetooth logic, NFC logic, a microprocessor, a memory system, a camera, application programming interfaces (APIs) for vehicle systems, kernel level systems, function invoking systems, temperature detection systems, HVAC APIs, display screens, data network logic, mechanical systems, electrical systems, physical mechanical and electrical systems, seat mechanical systems, mirror systems, alarm systems, battery systems, battery, lighting systems, an application shared by mobile a device present and paired with the vehicle for providing at least one interface in a display screen of the vehicle, or vehicle electronics system.
5. The cloud-based system of claim 1 , wherein said server determining settings compatible for said vehicle type includes processing by a mapping engine to determine information associated with the vehicle type to identify settings from said profile that are incompatible with the vehicle type.
6. The cloud-based system of claim 1 , further comprising, processing by a mapping engine, a translation metric to adjust a function of a specific setting associated with the profile of the user, such that incompatibility of the specific setting is made compatible for said vehicle type, and said specific setting is one that is transferred and enabled on the vehicle.
7. A cloud services system including a server for interfacing with one or more vehicles, comprising:
the server receives a request from electronics of a vehicle to access a profile for a user account, the request includes an identifier for a user to use the vehicle;
the server processes data related to the identifier to verify the user for accessing the profile associated with the user account, the profile having a plurality of settings of the user desired for the vehicle, wherein at least part of the plurality of settings for the profile being stored on storage accessible to the cloud services system; and
the server performs processing to determine incompatibility of one or more of the plurality of settings of the user based on a type of the vehicle, and the server transfers one or more settings of the plurality of settings to storage of the vehicle, the transferring is configured to instruct software and/or hardware associated with said electronics of the vehicle to apply said one or more settings to the vehicle for customizing said vehicle to use said one or more settings associated with the profile,
wherein the vehicle uses wireless communication for exchanging data with the cloud services system and for receiving said one or more settings associated with the profile;
wherein the request is automatically generated by the electronics of the vehicle upon pairing a user device of the user with the electronics of the vehicle;
wherein the server is one or more servers of the cloud services system, the cloud services system is part of one or more data centers used for receiving and sending data to from and to said one more vehicles.
8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the processing by the server includes use of a translation metric to transfer settings between functions of one vehicle to another vehicle, such that an incompatible setting is made compatible for said vehicle type.
9. The system of claim 7 , wherein the profile of the user is transferrable to one or more other vehicles from the cloud services system.
10. The system of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle is configured to use the one or more settings for the vehicle while the profile is active in the vehicle, and either said one or more settings are removed when the user is no longer using the vehicle or remain active in the vehicle until deactivated.
11. The system of claim 7 , further comprising,
receiving, by the server, communication from the vehicle regarding inputs made to systems of the vehicle during use of the vehicle while the vehicle is associated with the profile of the user account;
determining, by the server, based on the inputs made to systems of the vehicle that at least one of the plurality of settings of the profile is to be updated.
12. The system of claim 11 , further comprising,
processing by a learning engine that uses the inputs made to the systems of the vehicle to find patterns in use of the systems of the vehicle while the profile was used with the vehicle.
13. The system of claim 12 , further comprising,
the server sends a recommended setting to the user account, the recommended setting is based on processing by the learning engine and said recommended setting is applied to the vehicle when the vehicle is used with the profile or is applied to the vehicle upon receiving acceptance of the recommended setting via the user account.