Secure and automated vehicular control using automated authentication

1. A method for automatically authenticating a user to a vehicle, the method comprising:

tracking a GPS signal of a vehicle to determine that the vehicle is in motion;

determining that no user has been authenticated to drive the vehicle;

tracking a GPS signal of at least one mobile device in physical proximity to the vehicle;

transmitting at least one query to the at least one mobile device, asking whether a user associated with the at least one mobile device is driving the vehicle; and

automatically authenticating the user associated with the at least one mobile device to the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

determining that the automatically authenticated user is a commercial driver for the vehicle; and

automatically populating a commercial driver logbook for the user.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving an affirmative response to the at least one query from one mobile device of the at least one mobile device.

4. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

displaying a rental request on a human machine interface of the vehicle; and

processing the rental request to rent the vehicle to the user of the mobile device.

5. The method according to claim 3 , further comprising:

displaying a rental request on the one mobile device of the at least one mobile device; and

processing the rental request to rent the vehicle to the user of the one mobile device.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving no affirmative response to the at least one query from the at least one mobile device; and

determining a default user for the vehicle and an associated mobile device of the at least one mobile device.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one mobile device is registered with a cloud service prior to using the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user associated with the at least one mobile device is registered with a cloud service prior to using the vehicle.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one query to the at least one mobile device is at least one of a pop-up notification, text message, or audio message.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the at least one query is transmitted to the at least one mobile device at a periodic time interval until an affirmative response is received to the at least one query.

11. The method of claim 1 , wherein the automatically authenticating the user associated with the at least one mobile device to the vehicle further comprises: automatically matching an identifier associated with the at least one mobile device as being authorized for use with the vehicle.

12. The method of claim 1 , further comprising,

transmitting a confirmation message to the at least one mobile device that the associated user has been automatically authenticated to the vehicle for a driving session.

13. A method for automatically authenticating a user to a vehicle, the method comprising:

tracking a GPS signal of a vehicle to determine that the vehicle is in motion;

determining that no user has been authenticated to drive the vehicle;

tracking a GPS signal of at least one mobile device in physical proximity to the vehicle;

transmitting at least one query to a human machine interface of the vehicle, asking whether a user associated with the at least one mobile device is driving the vehicle; and

automatically authenticating the user associated with the at least one mobile device to the vehicle.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

determining that the automatically authenticated user is a commercial driver for the vehicle; and

automatically populating a commercial driver logbook for the user.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving an affirmative response to the at least one query from the human machine interface of the vehicle.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:

receiving no affirmative response to the at least one query from the human machine interface of the vehicle; and

determining a default user for the vehicle and an associated mobile device of the at least one mobile device.

17. The method of claim 13 , wherein the user associated with the at least one mobile device is registered with a cloud service prior to using the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one query to the human machine interface of the vehicle is at least one of a pop-up notification or audio message.

19. The method of claim 13 , wherein the at least one query is transmitted to the human machine interface of the vehicle at a periodic time interval until an affirmative response is received to the at least one query.

20. A system, comprising:

a processor; and

memory, the processor being configured to execute instructions stored in memory to:

track a GPS signal of a vehicle to determine that the vehicle is in motion;

determine that no user has been authenticated to drive the vehicle;

track a GPS signal of at least one mobile device in physical proximity to the vehicle;

transmit at least one query to the at least one mobile device, asking whether a user associated with the at least one mobile device is driving the vehicle; and

automatically authenticate the user associated with the at least one mobile device to the vehicle.