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US 12,600,237 B2Granted
Recommended vehicle-related functionality
AssigneesToyota Connected North America, Inc., Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsSimon P. Roberts, Sergei I. Gage, Yang Ding, Christopher J. Macpherson, Michael R. Kushnerik, Naohiro J. Matsumura, Cory M. Frank, Jessica May, Matthew J. Everett
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Abstract
An example operation includes one or more of analyzing data related to content being delivered to occupant devices in a vehicle; and notifying the devices of additional functionality related to the vehicle based on the analyzing.
Claims17
A method, comprising:
- establishing a pairing between a mobile device of an occupant of a vehicle and a processor of the vehicle;
- identifying, via the processor of the vehicle, content delivered to the mobile device from an Internet service via the established pairing;
- upgraded functionality that is offered within the vehicle which is of interest to the occupant based on the content being delivered to the mobile device;
- transmitting a notification to the mobile device with information about the upgraded functionality via the established pairing;
- and
- granting permission to use the upgraded functionality to the occupant through activation of a subscription that enables access to the upgraded functionality,
- determining a primary occupant and one or more secondary occupants,
- wherein a device of the primary occupant triggers the additional upgraded functionality to be provided to devices of the one or more secondary occupants.
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A system, comprising:
- a memory to store a set of instructions;
- a processor to execute the set of instructions to cause the system to:
- establishing a pairing between a mobile device of an occupant of a vehicle and a the vehicle;
- identifying, via the vehicle, content delivered to the mobile device from an Internet service via the established pairing;
- upgraded functionality that is offered within the vehicle which is of interest to the occupant based on the content being delivered to the mobile device;
- transmitting a notification to the mobile device with information about the upgraded functionality via the established pairing;
- and
- grant permission to use the upgraded functionality to the occupant through activation of a subscription service that enables access to the upgraded functionality,
- determining a primary occupant and one or more secondary occupants,
- wherein a device of the primary occupant triggers the upgraded functionality to be provided to devices of the one or more secondary occupants.
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A computer readable storage medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:
- establishing a pairing between a mobile device of an occupant of a vehicle and a processor of the vehicle;
- identifying, via the processor of the vehicle, content delivered to the mobile device from an Internet service via the established pairing;
- upgraded functionality that is offered within the vehicle and which is of interest to the occupant based on the content being delivered to the mobile device;
- transmitting a notification to the mobile device with information about the upgraded functionality via the established pairing;
- and
- granting permission to use the upgraded functionality to the occupant through activation of a subscription service that enables access to the upgraded functionality,
- determining a primary occupant and one or more secondary occupants,
- wherein a device of the primary occupant triggers the additional upgraded functionality to be provided to devices of the one or more secondary occupants.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.