Methods and systems for setting and transferring user profiles to vehicles and temporary sharing of user profiles to shared-use vehicles

A method, comprising,

• receiving, at a server, information for a user profile of a user, the user profile defining one or more settings that are preferred to be set in vehicles if the vehicles support the settings;
• identifying a selected vehicle for applying the user profile, the selected vehicle having a plurality of settable settings, the selected vehicle being one of a plurality of vehicles identified as available by the server;
• determining, by the server, applicable settings for the selected vehicle, the applicable settings being settings that are preferred to be set as identified from the user profile and are compatible with settings that are settable in the selected vehicle;
• and
• sending, by the server, the applicable settings for programming to the selected vehicle, wherein the applicable settings are programmed on the selected vehicle after receipt by the selected vehicle over a wireless connection, wherein the method is executed by the server, the server including a processor;
• wherein the selected vehicle includes vehicle electronics for applying the programming to cause the applicable settings to be activated on the selected vehicle and communication circuitry for communicating via the wireless connection.

A method for managing a user profile of a vehicle via a cloud processing system being accessible over the Internet and wherein the vehicle is provided with wireless communication logic for connecting to the Internet for accessing the cloud processing system, comprising,

• accessing the cloud processing system by the vehicle, the user profile having user settings for the vehicle, wherein certain of the user settings are determined to be compatible for use with the vehicle;
• communicating to the cloud processing system by the vehicle, changes to user settings, the cloud processing system processing the changes and other changes to the user settings to learn behavior associated with the changes to the user settings;
• and
• receiving by the vehicle, from time to time, automatic changes to the user settings of the vehicle, wherein a repeat pattern of the changes is qualified as learned behavior before the automatic changes are sent to the vehicle for programming on the vehicle, wherein the user profile is configured to be updated to account for the automatic changes made to the user settings of the vehicle,
• wherein electronics of the vehicle enable connection of the vehicle to the Internet for enabling the accessing of the user profile, the communicating of changes and the receiving of the automatic changes, to and from, the cloud processing system, wherein the cloud processing system is accessible by vehicles having predefined access credentials, the method being executable by a processor;
• wherein user settings for the user profile include one or more of radio settings, or user interface settings, or temperature settings, or air settings, or display settings, or speed settings, or internet settings, or pairing settings, or remote access settings, or home control settings, or audio settings, or entertainment settings, or map data settings, or heating settings, or payment settings, or sub-user settings, or key fob settings, or user ID settings, or biometric settings, or fingerprint settings, or eye scan settings, or role settings, or administrator settings, or login settings, or location based settings, or tracking settings, or calendar settings, or vehicle mode settings, or operational settings, or combinations of two or more settings, or learned settings from user said learned behavior, or seat settings, or automatic payment settings, or combinations of two or more thereof.