Access control for personalized user information maintained by a telematics unit

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for limiting access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle including a telematics unit, the computer-executable instructions facilitating carrying out a method comprising:

• storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory;
• blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user;
• permitting a change to a first setting value on the vehicle by the driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user;
• authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user;
• providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user;
• and
• restoring, after the permitting and authenticating, the first setting value on the vehicle, based upon a setting value stored in the non-transitory memory.

A system for managing limited access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle, the system including:

• a telematics unit including an electronic processor and computer-executable instructions facilitating carrying out a method comprising:
• storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory;
• blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user;
• permitting a change to a first setting value on the vehicle by the driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user;
• authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user;
• providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user;
• and
• restoring, after the permitting and authenticating, the first setting value on the vehicle, based upon a setting value stored in the non-transitory memory.

A method for limiting access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle including a telematics unit, the method comprising:

• storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory;
• uploading at least a portion of the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user to a vehicle user database via a mobile wireless interface of the telematics unit;
• blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user;
• authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user;
• providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user;
• and
• downloading, from the vehicle user database, at least a portion of the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user to a vehicle currently being used by the registered primary vehicle user;
• wherein the vehicle currently being used is not the vehicle for which the registered primary vehicle user is a registered primary vehicle user.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer-executable instructions for limiting access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle including a telematics unit, the computer-executable instructions facilitating carrying out a method comprising:

• storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory;
• uploading at least a portion of the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user to a vehicle user database via a mobile wireless interface of the telematics unit;
• blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user;
• authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user;
• providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user;
• and
• downloading, from the vehicle user database, at least a portion of the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user to a vehicle currently being used by the registered primary vehicle user;
• wherein the vehicle currently being used is not the vehicle for which the registered primary vehicle user is a registered primary vehicle user.