Method and system for selecting driver preferences

A system for controlling vehicle feature settings, the system comprising:

• a vehicle computing system having one or more processors for controlling settings for one or more vehicle features;
• wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
• receive input including one or more occupant selections of one or more settings for the vehicle feature(s);
• receive one or more context variables at or about a time of the occupant selection(s);
• store in memory the occupant selection(s) with the context variable(s);
• receive an initialization signal for a vehicle feature;
• determine an occupant setting preference for the initialized vehicle feature using an associative rule filter based on the occupant selection(s) and context variable(s) stored in memory;
• and
• a predetermined amount of time after receiving the initialization signal, control the vehicle feature using the occupant setting preference.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions to direct one or more computers to:

• receive input including occupant selections of one or more settings for one or more applications in communication with a vehicle computing system;
• receive one or more context variables at or about a time of the occupant selection(s);
• store in memory the occupant selection(s) with the context variable(s);
• receive an initialization signal for an application;
• determine an occupant setting preference for the initialized application using an associative rule filter based on the occupant selection(s) and context variable(s) stored in memory;
• and
• a predetermined amount of time after receiving the initialization signal, control the application using the occupant setting preference.