Systems and methods for regulating vehicle access
AssigneeScoot Rides, Inc.
InventorsMichael Keating, J. Loren Passmore, Peter R. Russo
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Abstract
A method for regulating vehicle access comprises receiving, from an electronic device of a user, a request to access a vehicle. The vehicle can be disposed at a designated geographic location. Next, geographic information of the user is received from the electronic device. The geographic information is determined with the aid of the electronic device of the user. The user is then provided access to the vehicle if, based on the received geographic information, a geographic location of the user is within a given distance from the designated geographic location of the vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle electronic control unit, comprising:
- a first communication interface configured to provide communication with a remote server;
- a second communication interface configured to connect to a user electronic device;
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- a processor coupled to the first communication interface and the second communication interface and configured to:
- establish a connection to the user electronic device via the second communication interface;
- provide access to use of a vehicle with which the vehicle electronic control unit is associated based at least in part on establishment of the connection to the user electronic device via the second communication interface and an access authorization data provided by the remote server;
- receive vehicle use information from the user electronic device via the second communication interface when network connectivity between the user electronic device and the remote server is lost;
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- transmit the vehicle user information to the remote server via the first communication interface.
A method to control a vehicle having a vehicle electronic control unit that includes a first communication interface configured to provide communication with a remote server, the method comprising:
- establishing a connection to a user electronic device via a second communication interface;
- providing access to use of the vehicle based at least in part on establishment of the connection to the user electronic device via the second communication interface and an access authorization data provided by the remote server;
- receiving vehicle use information from the user electronic device via the second communication interface when network connectivity between the user electronic device and the remote server is lost;
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- transmitting the vehicle user information to the remote server via the first communication interface.
A non-transitory computer readable medium to control a vehicle having a vehicle electronic control unit that includes a first communication interface configured to provide communication with a remote server, comprising computer instructions for:
- establishing a connection to a user electronic device via a second communication interface;
- providing access to use of the vehicle based at least in part on establishment of the connection to the user electronic device via the second communication interface and an access authorization data provided by the remote server;
- receiving vehicle use information from the user electronic device via the second communication interface when network connectivity between the user electronic device and the remote server is lost;
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- transmitting the vehicle user information to the remote server via the first communication interface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.