Mobile control of a vehicle

A method comprising:

• receiving, from a first mobile device of a first user, a first request for control of at least one electronic device of a vehicle, wherein the first request is included in a wireless communication from the first mobile device, and wherein the vehicle provides a control interface to a driver of the vehicle for controlling the at least one electronic device;
• in response to receiving the first request, verifying that the first mobile device is authorized to control the at least one electronic device;
• determining whether the first user has priority over the driver for control of the at least one electronic device;
• verifying that the first user is located in the vehicle;
• in response to verifying that the first mobile device is authorized to control the at least one electronic device, determining that the first user has priority over the driver, and verifying that the first user is located in the vehicle, transferring control of the at least one electronic device from the driver to the first mobile device;
• receiving a second request for control from a second user;
• in response to receiving the second request, determining a status of priority for the first user relative to the second user for control of the at least one electronic device, wherein determining the status results in selection from available outcomes that include transferring control to the second user, adding shared control, and rejecting the second request;
• selecting, based on the determined status, the outcome of adding shared control, wherein the determined status is that the first user has equal priority with the second user;
• and
• in response to selecting the outcome of adding shared control, providing shared control of the at least one electronic device to the first mobile device and a second mobile device of the second user.

A system comprising:

• at least one processing device;
• and
• memory containing instructions configured to instruct the at least one processing device to:
• store data indicating that a second user has previously been a driver of a vehicle and a first user has not been a driver of the vehicle;
• provide, by a control interface of the vehicle to the first user, control of at least one electronic device of the vehicle, wherein the at least one electronic device controls a brake of the vehicle;
• receive, from a mobile device of the second user, a communication including a request to control the at least one electronic device;
• in response to receiving the communication, verify that the mobile device is authorized to control the at least one electronic device;
• determine, based on the stored data, whether the second user has priority over the first user for control of the at least one electronic device;
• and
• in response to verifying that the mobile device is authorized to control the at least one electronic device, verifying that the second user is located in the vehicle as indicated by a camera or sensor, and determining the second user has priority over the first user, extend control of the at least one electronic device to the mobile device, wherein the second user is able to control braking of the vehicle via the mobile device.