System and method for configuring an interior of a vehicle based on preferences provided with multiple mobile computing devices within the vehicle

A mobile computing device comprising:

• a short-range wireless port;
• a memory resource;
• and
• a processor to:
• communicate, using the short-range wireless port, with one or more other devices in a vehicle, including with at least one of (i) one or more other mobile computing devices in the vehicle, or (ii) a controller of the vehicle;
• determine, from communicating with the one or more other devices in the vehicle, when multiple mobile computing devices are present within the vehicle;
• determine an occupancy zone for each of the multiple mobile computing devices that is determined as being present within the vehicle;
• determine profile information for each mobile computing device;
• and
• initiate configuration of at least one of an operational or usage facet of the vehicle at each occupancy zone in which one of the mobile computing devices is determined to be present, the operational or usage facet of the vehicle at a location of each occupancy zone being based at least in part on the profile information determined from the mobile computing device that is deemed to be present at that occupancy zone.

A vehicle comprising:

• a controller;
• a set of interfaces to operational and usage facets of the vehicle;
• a short-range wireless port;
• a sensor input or output resource provided with or in proximity to each seat;
• wherein the controller operates to:
• determines a sensor comparison profile for each seat from the sensor input or output resource provided with or in proximity to each seat;
• determines a sensor output profile from a motion sensor of each mobile computing device in a set of mobile computing devices;
• determine a seat position of each mobile computing device of the set based on a comparison of the sensor output profile from the motion sensor of each of the mobile computing devices of the set and the sensor comparison profile for each seat;
• obtains profile information from one or more of the mobile computing devices in the set;
• and
• initiates, through the set of interfaces to operational and usage facets of the vehicle, configuration of multiple operational or usage facets of the vehicle, including configuration of a specific operational or usage facet using profile data of the mobile computing device in the set that is at the seat position which is in closest proximity to the specific operational or usage facet.

A vehicular system comprising:

• a vehicle sub-system comprising a controller, a set of interfaces to operational and usage facets of the vehicle, a short-range wireless port, and a sensor input or output resource provided with or in proximity to each seat;
• a set of multiple mobile computing devices, each mobile computing device including a processor, a memory resource and a motion sensor;
• wherein the vehicle sub-system and each of the set of multiple computing devices operate a communication platform for communicating with each other in order to establish a network of multiple devices within the vehicle;
• wherein at least one of the multiple devices of the network:
• operates the input or output resource to generate a sensor comparison profile for each seat;
• determines a sensor output profile for a specified duration from the motion sensor of each of the mobile computing devices of the set;
• uses one of position determination logic or sensor correlation logic to determine a seat position of each mobile computing device of the set;
• obtains profile information from one or more of the mobile computing devices in the set;
• and
• initiates, from the controller of the vehicle sub-system through the set of interfaces to operational and usage facets of the vehicle, configuration of multiple operational or usage facets of the vehicle, including configuration of a specific operational or usage facet using profile data of the mobile computing device in the set that is at the seat position which is in closest proximity to the specific operational or usage facet.