Portable Vehicle User Settings With Secure Cross-Vehicle Access
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing systems fail to efficiently port and synthesize user settings between different vehicles, lacking security and privacy features for user data, especially in rental or fleet scenarios.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for applying user settings to vehicles using a user token for authentication, enabling secure access and synthesis of settings between vehicles, with features like ephemeral access and categorization of settings based on security and privacy levels.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If user settings are made portable and accessible across multiple vehicles, then user experience and convenience are improved, but data security and privacy are compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments user settings into different categories (private, non-private, shared) with different security levels. This allows selective portability where only appropriate settings are accessible across vehicles, while sensitive data remains protected. The segmentation enables granular control over what data travels with the user profile.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary authentication system (user token verification, biometric authentication) that mediates between the user's portable settings and the vehicle systems. This intermediary layer verifies user identity and authorization before allowing access to synthesized settings, preventing unauthorized access while maintaining convenience.
2Adaptability or versatility
If user settings are synthesized between different vehicle models, then adaptability is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal settings synthesis framework that works across different vehicle models, manufacturers, and types. The system uses standardized data structures and synthesis algorithms that can adapt to various vehicle configurations without requiring model-specific implementations, reducing overall system complexity despite the broad adaptability.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms user settings into standardized parameters that can be synthesized and applied across different vehicle models. By converting specific vehicle settings into universal parameters (e.g., seat position, mirror angle, climate preferences), the system achieves adaptability while simplifying the synthesis process through parameter standardization.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If access to user settings is locked for security, then data protection is improved, but ease of access deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary authentication actions (user token verification, biometric checks) before granting access to synthesized settings. This preliminary security verification ensures data protection while maintaining ease of access for authorized users, as the authentication happens automatically in the background before the user interacts with settings.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic access control where security restrictions are applied conditionally based on user authentication status, device type, and setting category. Authorized users experience seamless access to appropriate settings, while unauthorized access is dynamically blocked. The system adapts security levels in real-time based on contextual factors.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer-implemented method for applying user settings to a vehicle is provided. The method includes receiving user settings for a first vehicle, at a second vehicle, and locking access to the user settings on the second vehicle. The user settings being associated with a user. The method includes unlocking access to the user settings on the second vehicle based on: authenticating a user token associated with the user and the user settings, and verifying an identity of the user associated with the user token, and applying the user settings to the second vehicle based on synthesizing the user settings of the first vehicle to the second vehicle.