US 10,650,425 B2 · Utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user

Abstract

There are provided systems and methods for utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user. A user may establish a vehicle as associated with the user, such as a vehicle owned by the user or used by the user. The vehicle may include a vehicle device that may be configured to establish connections with other devices using short range and network communications. In various embodiments, the other devices may be devices at merchant locations. Thus, a merchant at the merchant location may be informed about settings, preferences, and/or parameters for use of the vehicle established by the user. The merchant may receive these parameters even if another user is utilizing the vehicle, thus, establishing rules for use of the vehicle by the other user. In other embodiments, the other devices may be devices in other vehicles, allowing the users to communicate and set waypoints during trips.

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Dependent claims

A vehicle system comprising:

a non-transitory memory;
and
one or more hardware processors coupled to the non-transitory memory and configured to read instructions from the non-transitory memory to cause the vehicle system to perform operations comprising:
detecting a merchant device for a merchant within a short range wireless communications distance of the vehicle system;
receiving a merchant identifier from the merchant device through short range wireless communications;
determining, based on the merchant identifier, a pre-purchased transaction processed through the merchant device prior to arrival at the merchant, wherein the pre-purchased transaction is associated with a vehicle of the vehicle system;
accessing identity information for a first user associated with the vehicle system;
determining that an entitlement for the first user with the vehicle allows redemption of the pre-purchased transaction from the merchant using the identity information;
and
communicating the pre-purchased transaction to the merchant device.

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A non-transitory machine-readable medium having stored thereon machine-readable instructions executable to cause a machine to perform operations comprising:

connecting, by a vehicle device for a vehicle, with a merchant device for a merchant using short range wireless communications at a merchant location for the merchant;
determining, through the vehicle device, identity information of a user utilizing the vehicle at the merchant location;
determining, through the vehicle device, a usage restriction of the vehicle by the user based on the identity information, wherein the usage restriction is associated with a purchase of an item during use of the vehicle by the user;
receiving, through the vehicle device, a requested transaction with the merchant device through the short range wireless communications;
communicating, through the vehicle device, the usage restriction to the merchant device using the short range wireless communications;
and
displaying, through the vehicle device, the usage restriction with the requested transaction on an output display of the vehicle device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Utilizing a vehicle to determine an identity of a user

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Abstract

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