Methods and systems for driver identification
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsBiswaroop Mukherjee, Anish Agrawal
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Abstract
A method at a vehicle computing device for identifying a driver, the method including receiving a first indicator at the vehicle computing device; obtaining, based on the first indicator, a presumed driver identity; receiving at least one second indicator at the vehicle computing device; and verifying the presumed driver identity using the at least one second indicator.
Claims13
A method at a vehicle computing device for identifying a driver, the method comprising:
- receiving a device identifier from a client device;
- mapping the device identifier to a presumed driver identity, wherein the device identifier is uniquely associated with the presumed driver identity;
- receiving at least one second indicator at the vehicle computing device, the at least one second indicator being a second device identifier;
- determining an actual driver identity using the at least one second indicator;
- when the actual driver identity is unknown, performing a first action;
- and
- when the actual driver identity is known but distinct from the presumed driver identity, performing a second action;
- wherein the second action is at least one of providing a message within the vehicle;
- and speed limiting the vehicle.
A vehicle computing device configured for identifying a driver, the vehicle computing device comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a communications subsystem;
- wherein the vehicle computing device is configured to:
- receive a device identifier from a client device;
- map the device identifier to a presumed driver identity, wherein the device identifier is uniquely associated with the presumed driver identity;
- receive at least one second indicator at the vehicle computing device, the at least one second indicator being a second device identifier;
- determine an actual driver identity using the at least one second indicator;
- when the actual driver identity is unknown, performing a first action;
- and
- when the actual driver identity is known but distinct from the presumed driver identity, performing a second action.
A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon executable code for execution by a processor of a vehicle computing device, the executable code comprising instructions for:
- receiving a device identifier from a client device;
- mapping the device identifier to a presumed driver identity, wherein the device identifier is uniquely associated with the presumed driver identity;
- receiving at least one second indicator at the vehicle computing device, the at least one second indicator being a second device identifier;
- determining an actual driver identity using the at least one second indicator;
- when the actual driver identity is unknown, performing a first action;
- and
- when the actual driver identity is known but distinct from the presumed driver identity, performing a second action;
- wherein the second action is at least one of providing a message within the vehicle;
- and speed limiting the vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.