Anticipatory vehicle state management

A method of providing one or more vehicle functions at a vehicle, the method comprising:

• when the vehicle is in a powered off state, periodically scanning for short-range wireless communication (SRWC) devices using a SRWC chipset and, as a result of the scanning, receiving a connection request from a mobile device;
• in response to receiving the connection request from the mobile device, establishing a SRWC connection with the mobile device using the SRWC chipset;
• after establishing the SRWC connection, authorizing the mobile device to access one or more vehicle functions;
• after the mobile device is authorized, performing an initialization suite of operations, wherein the initialization suite of operations includes initializing at least one vehicle system module, and wherein the initialization suite of operations is performed in response to a predictive user determination indicative of an imminent user interaction with the vehicle, wherein the user interaction comprises at least one of the following:
• user approach to the vehicle, user operation of the vehicle, or user access to the vehicle;
• and
• executing the initialization suite of operations at the vehicle;
• wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
• detecting that an unauthorized or unauthenticated device is attempting to access the vehicle, attempting to command the vehicle to perform some operation, and/or attempting to establish a connection with the vehicle;
• and
• in response to the detection, carrying out one or more security measures, wherein the one or more security measures include locally issuing a vehicle disable command that disables one or more vehicle system modules.

A method of automatically carrying out at least one vehicle function at a vehicle, the method comprising:

• when the vehicle is in a powered off state, periodically scanning for short-range wireless communication (SRWC) devices using a SRWC chipset and, as a result of the scanning, receiving a connection request from a mobile device;
• in response to receiving the connection request from the mobile device, establishing a SRWC connection with the mobile device using the SRWC chipset;
• after establishing the SRWC connection, authorizing the mobile device to access one or more vehicle functions;
• after the mobile device is authorized, receiving a wireless command message from the mobile device, wherein the wireless command message indicates a vehicle function to be performed at the vehicle;
• determining that the received wireless command message is valid;
• when it is determined that the wireless command message is valid, then:
• performing the vehicle function specified in the wireless command message;
• and
• executing an initialization suite of operations, wherein the initialization suite of operations includes initializing at least one vehicle system module, wherein the initialization suite of operations is performed in response to a predictive user determination indicative of an imminent user interaction with the vehicle, wherein the user interaction comprises at least one of the following:
• user approach to the vehicle, user operation of the vehicle, or user access to the vehicle;
• and
• when it is determined that the wireless command message is not valid, then waiting to receive another wireless command message from the mobile device;
• wherein the method further comprises the steps of:
• detecting that the SRWC connection between the mobile device and the vehicle is lost;
• and
• in response to detecting that the SRWC connection is lost, carrying out a shutdown suite of operations, wherein the shutdown suite of operations includes setting the wireless communications device to operate in a low-power mode or sleep mode, wherein the wireless communications device in the low-power or sleep mode periodically scans for SRWC devices.