Methods and systems for setting and transferring user profiles to vehicles and temporary sharing of user profiles to shared-use vehicles

摘要

Methods are provide access to cloud services over the Internet for locating and providing access to a shared vehicle of a shared vehicle network. One method includes receiving a request from a user device of a user to locate a vehicle to use for a shared period of time. The method enables providing an option of vehicles within a range of a location identified by the request. Then, detecting proximity of the user device to a selected vehicle proximate to the location identified by the request. The method enables transfer of a user profile of the user to the vehicle. The profile is configured to automatically set one or more user preferences of the vehicle. The method further includes receiving use data of the vehicle while the user profile is set for the vehicle. The user profile is deactivated on the selected vehicle when use of the vehicle is discontinued.

主权项

1. A method for locating and providing access to a shared vehicle of a shared vehicle network, comprising,
receiving, by a server, a request from a user device of a user to locate a vehicle to use for a shared period of time, the request being associated with a user account of the user; providing, by the server, an option of vehicles within a range of a location identified by the request; receiving data from the user device to identify proximity of the user device to a vehicle that is selected; examining of a user profile of the user, wherein the examining includes identifying available vehicle settings of the vehicle to determine vehicle settings that are compatible to settings defined by one or more user preferences of the user profile; transferring the user profile, wherein after transfer of the user profile the vehicle is configured to automatically set on the vehicle one or more of the available vehicle settings that are determined compatible with settings identified in one or more of the user preferences of the user profile; and receiving, by the server, use data of the vehicle while the user profile transferred to the vehicle is active, the use data being associated to the user account.