Vehicle Valet Mode Cloud Profile Management
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current vehicle systems lack effective methods for managing user profiles and settings across multiple vehicles, particularly in scenarios like valet mode, where restrictions and recording of vehicle use are necessary, and there is a need for seamless integration with cloud-based services for data access and management.
Innovation Solution
The system enables operational modes like valet mode with restrictions on vehicle use, records data during valet mode, and allows access to a history of use, while also providing cloud-based management of user profiles, enabling wireless communication and data storage for user settings and vehicle metrics.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If valet mode restrictions are implemented to control vehicle use, then vehicle security and owner control are improved, but system complexity and data management requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a cloud-based server as an intermediary between the vehicle system and the owner's mobile device. This server handles the complex tasks of profile management, restriction configuration, and data storage, allowing the vehicle to enforce security restrictions without requiring complex local processing. The cloud intermediary absorbs the system complexity while enabling robust valet mode functionality.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically applies restrictions and configurations when a user profile is activated. Once the owner defines valet mode parameters through the mobile application, the system self-configures the vehicle's operational constraints without requiring manual intervention or complex setup procedures. This automation reduces the perceived complexity for the user while maintaining security.
2Ease of operation
If cloud-based user profile management is implemented, then ease of access and remote configuration are improved, but data security and privacy concerns increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by encrypting and securing user profile data before it is transmitted to or stored in the cloud. Security measures are built into the data management process from the outset, ensuring that sensitive information is protected during transmission and storage. This preemptive security approach enables remote configuration capabilities while mitigating data security risks.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides feedback mechanisms that allow owners to monitor and control access to their vehicle data through the mobile application. Users can review what data is stored in the cloud, manage profile configurations, and control remote access permissions. This transparency and user control feedback loop builds trust while enabling convenient remote configuration capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple user profiles with different settings are stored, then adaptability and user customization are improved, but data storage requirements and management complexity increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal profile management system where a single cloud-based infrastructure stores and manages multiple user profiles. The system is designed to handle diverse profile types (owners, valets, family members) with different permission levels and restrictions through a unified data structure. This universal approach enables extensive user customization across multiple profiles while avoiding the need for separate storage systems for each profile type.
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AI summary
A method for operating an aspect of a vehicle is provided. One example method includes providing an option for setting operations modes of the vehicle via display screen of the vehicle. The operational modes including a restricted use mode that is settable using credentials associated with a user account. The user account has the vehicle pre-associated to a user profile associated with the user account. The method includes receiving selection of the restricted use mode, the selection sets the vehicle to be operation without credentials associated with the user account. The restricted use mode includes limits that restrict access to a plurality of vehicle inputs and restricts access to a geographical zone. The method includes monitoring use data of the vehicle while in the restricted use mode. The use data is communicated to a server of a connected services provider. The use data including one or more violations detected during use of the vehicle in the restricted user mode. The method includes providing an indicator for rendering on the display screen of the vehicle informing an occupant of the vehicle that the restricted user mode is active and providing at least one detail regarding the one or more violations detected during use of the vehicle in the restricted user mode.