Vehicle Head Unit Multi-User Session Data Routing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle head units typically allow only a single user to benefit from personalized experiences in shared environments, as data generated during shared sessions is often restricted to a single user account, limiting contextually relevant information and personalization for multiple occupants.
Innovation Solution
The vehicle head unit authenticates multiple users and establishes a shared session, generating and storing data such as location history and playlist data to both user accounts, allowing contextually relevant information and personalization for each user.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If data generated during shared sessions is restricted to a single user account, then data management is simplified, but personalization and contextually relevant information for multiple occupants are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments data management by user account, where data generated during shared sessions is divided and stored separately for each authenticated user. The system identifies individual users within the shared session and routes data to their respective accounts, enabling personalized experiences while maintaining organized data structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle head unit is designed to handle multiple functions simultaneously: it supports both shared session operations and individual user account management. The system can authenticate multiple users, generate data during shared usage, and distribute that data to appropriate user accounts, making the system universally applicable to both shared and personal contexts.
2Adaptability or versatility
If only a single user is authenticated with the vehicle head unit, then data storage is simplified to one account, but multiple occupants cannot benefit from personalized experiences
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the concepts of shared session management and individual user authentication. Multiple users can be authenticated simultaneously within a shared session context, combining the benefits of shared resource access with individual personalization. The system maintains user identifier information for all authenticated users while enabling data to be written to multiple user accounts.
3Loss of information
If data is written to multiple user accounts during shared sessions, then personalization for each user is improved, but data storage operations become more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms to track which users are authenticated during shared sessions and automatically routes generated data to their respective user accounts. This feedback loop ensures that data is distributed appropriately without requiring complex manual intervention, as the system monitors user authentication status and adjusts data storage operations accordingly.
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AI summary
A method comprising: responsive to authenticating a first user at a vehicle head unit of a vehicle: establishing, by the vehicle head unit, a session; and associating the sessions with a user identifier associated with the first user; responsive to authenticating a second user at the vehicle head unit, associating, by the vehicle head unit, the session with a user identifier associated with the second user, wherein the user identifier associated with the first user and the user identifier associated with the second user are concurrently associated with the session; and while the user identifiers associated with the first and second users are concurrently associated with the session, storing location information to both a first user account associated with the first user and a second user account associated with the second user.