Vehicle feature control
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsOmar Makke, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Patrick Lawrence Jackson Van Hoecke
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Abstract
A system for allowing control of vehicle features includes a computer programmed to wirelessly connect to first and second user devices authorized to access, respectively, first and second sets of vehicle features. The first and second sets of vehicle features differ by at least one feature. The computer is further programmed to actuate a feature from the first set of vehicle features upon receipt of a first device command, and to actuate a feature from the second set of vehicle features upon receipt of a second device command.
Claims20
A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive, from a server computer, one or more ride commands specifying first and second user devices authorized to access, respectively, first and second sets of pluralities of vehicle features that differ by at least one feature, the one or more ride commands specifying a pick-up location or a destination;
- wirelessly connect to the first and second user devices;
- actuate a feature from the first set upon receipt of a first device command;
- and
- actuate a feature from the second set upon receipt of a second device command.
A method comprising:
- receiving, from a server computer, one or more ride commands specifying first and second user devices authorized to access, respectively, first and second sets of pluralities of vehicle features that differ by at least one feature, the one or more ride commands specifying a pick-up location or a destination;
- wirelessly connecting to a first and second user devices authorized to access, respectively, first and second sets of vehicle features;
- wherein the first and second sets differ by at least one feature;
- actuating a feature from the first set upon receipt of a first device command;
- and
- actuating a feature from the second set upon receipt of a second device command.
A system, comprising a computer having a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- wirelessly connect to first and second user devices authorized to access, respectively, first and second sets of pluralities of vehicle features that differ by at least one feature;
- receive a first device authorization information associated with the first set of vehicle features and a second device authorization information associated with the second set to vehicle features;
- actuate a feature from the first set of vehicle features upon receipt of a first device command, the first device command from the first user device and including the first device authorization information;
- actuate a feature from the second set of vehicle features upon receipt of a second device command, the second device command from the second user device and including the second device authorization information;
- and
- delete the first device authorization information upon arrival at a destination associated with first device authorization information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.