# US 12,004,259 B2 · Devices for configuring a system as a user approaches > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,004,259 B2 - Document ID: US12004259B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/547,662 - Filed: 2021-12-10 - Published: 2023-06-15 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2021-12-10 - Assignees: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation - Applicants: Cypress Semiconductor Corporation - Inventors: Bradley Evans; Nicholas Stopher - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12004259B2 ## CPC - H04W 8/18: Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data - H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services - H04W 4/30: Services specially adapted for particular environments, situations or purposes - H04W 4/50: Service provisioning or reconfiguring - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A device for a system includes a wireless transceiver, a memory, and a microcontroller. The microcontroller is communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the memory. The microcontroller is configured to receive, via the wireless transceiver, user configuration data in response to a user approaching the system. The microcontroller is configured to store the user configuration data in the memory. The microcontroller is configured to transmit the user configuration data to an interface processor of the system to configure the system based on the user configuration data. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A device for a system, the device comprising: a wireless transceiver; a memory; and a microcontroller communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the memory, the microcontroller configured to: receive, via the wireless transceiver, user configuration data in response to a user approaching the system; store the user configuration data in the memory; transmit the user configuration data to an interface processor of the system to configure the system based on the user configuration data; and enable low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) video pass through of the interface processor with the interface processor powered down and during boot up of the interface processor. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the system comprises a vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the user configuration data comprises at least one of a temperature setting, a seat setting, a seat warmer setting, a welcome screen setting, a screen background setting, an image, an alert setting, a message setting, an alert, a message, a radio setting, and a music setting. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the user configuration data comprises an image, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to enable low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) video pass through of the interface processor to display the image on a display of the system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises at least one of a Bluetooth transceiver, a Wi-Fi transceiver, an ultra-wide band transceiver, a satellite network transceiver, and a cellular network transceiver. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The device of claim 1, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises a Bluetooth transceiver, and wherein the microcontroller detects the user approaching the system via the Bluetooth transceiver. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The device of claim 2, wherein the microcontroller transmits the user configuration data to the interface processor of the vehicle upon turning on of the vehicle. ### Claim 8 A system for configuring a vehicle, the system comprising: a first wireless user device; a vehicle comprising a wireless transceiver, a memory, a microcontroller communicatively coupled to the wireless transceiver and the memory, a vehicle interface processor communicatively coupled to the microcontroller and the memory, and a display electrically coupled to the vehicle interface processor; wherein the microcontroller is configured to: detect the presence of the first wireless user device; download, via the wireless transceiver, first user configuration data; store the first user configuration data in the memory; configure the vehicle based on the first user configuration data; and enable low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) video pass through of the vehicle interface processor with the vehicle interface processor powered down and during boot up of the vehicle interface processor. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the first wireless user device comprises a mobile phone and the wireless transceiver comprises a Bluetooth transceiver, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to download, via the Bluetooth transceiver, the first user configuration data from the mobile phone. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, further comprising: a sensor to detect the presence of the first wireless user device, wherein the first wireless user device comprises one of a key fob, a mobile phone, a near field communication (NFC) device, and a watch, wherein the wireless transceiver comprises one of a Wi-Fi transceiver, a satellite network transceiver, and a cellular network transceiver, and wherein the microcontroller is configured to download, via the wireless transceiver, the first user configuration data from a cloud storage system based on the detected presence of the first wireless user device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the vehicle interface processor is powered down when the microcontroller detects the presence of the first wireless user device, downloads the first user configuration data, and stores the first user configuration data in the memory. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system of claim 11, further comprising: a heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) system electrically coupled to the vehicle interface processor; a seat electrically coupled to the vehicle interface processor; and a speaker electrically coupled to the vehicle interface processor, wherein the vehicle interface processor is configured to control the display, the HVAC system, the seat, and the speaker based on the first user configuration data stored in the memory. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the microcontroller is configured to: detect the presence of a second wireless user device; download, via the wireless transceiver, second user configuration data; store the second user configuration data in the memory; determine the locations of the first wireless user device and the second wireless user device relative to the vehicle; and configure the vehicle based on the first user configuration data, the second user configuration data, and the locations of the first wireless user device and the second wireless user device relative to the vehicle. ### Claim 14 A method for configuring a vehicle, the method comprising: detecting a user approaching the vehicle; wirelessly downloading user configuration data to the vehicle in response to detecting the user approaching the vehicle; configuring the vehicle based on the downloaded user configuration data; and enabling low-voltage differential signaling (LVDS) video pass through a vehicle interface processor of the vehicle with the vehicle interface processor powered down and during boot up of the vehicle interface processor. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein wirelessly downloading the user configuration data comprises wirelessly downloading the user configuration data from a user device possessed by the user. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising: detecting the user exiting the vehicle; and uploading trip data to the user device in response to detecting the user exiting the vehicle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein wirelessly downloading the user configuration data comprises wirelessly downloading the user configuration data from a cloud storage system. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprising: detecting the user exiting the vehicle; and uploading trip data to the cloud storage system in response to detecting the user exiting the vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the user configuration data comprises at least one of a temperature setting, a seat setting, a seat warmer setting, a welcome screen setting, a screen background setting, an image, an alert setting, a message setting, an alert, a message, a driver score setting, a radio setting, and a music setting. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the downloaded user configuration data comprises an image, the method further comprising: displaying the image on a display of the vehicle as the user enters the vehicle.