Methods and systems for defining vehicle user profiles and managing user profiles via cloud systems and applying learned settings to user profiles

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a server, a request to manage a profile for a user account;
• identifying, by the server, a vehicle type from the profile;
• receiving, by the server, a plurality of settings for the profile that identifies a vehicle having the vehicle type, the settings being stored on a profile database of a cloud services system that includes the server;
• transferring, by the server, the profile to the vehicle identified in the plurality of settings, the transferring being via wireless communication transfer over the Internet, the profile configured to be applied so that the settings are implemented by the vehicle;
• receiving, by the server, communication from the vehicle to update the profile with setting changes learned from user input at the vehicle,
• wherein the profile stored in the profile database is accessible via a device using a connection to the Internet;
• wherein the device is one of a portable device, or a computer, or a vehicle computer interface, wherein the user account is provided with notifications requesting approval of a learned setting from the user input over time, the notification being presented via an application, the application providing access to a history of learned settings and a history of approval or disapproval of the learned settings.

A method, comprising:

• receiving, by a server, a request to manage a profile for a user account;
• identifying, by the server, a vehicle type from the profile;
• receiving, by the server, a plurality of settings for the profile that identifies a vehicle having the vehicle type, the settings being stored on a profile database of a cloud services system that includes the server;
• transferring, by the server, the profile to the vehicle identified in the plurality of settings, the transferring being via wireless communication transfer over the Internet, the profile configured to be applied so that the settings are implemented by the vehicle;
• receiving, by the server, communication from the vehicle to update the profile with setting changes learned from user input at the vehicle,
• wherein the profile stored in the profile database is accessible via a device using a connection to the Internet;
• wherein, the user account is provided a notification requesting approval of a recommended learned setting from the user input that were made over time in the vehicle, the notification being accessible via an application, the application providing a user interface of a history of learned settings and a history of approval or disapproval of the learned settings and processing the approvals and disapprovals to determine a probability that the user will accept a future recommended learned setting, and if the probability is below a predefined threshold, the future recommended learned settings is not provided as a notification to the user account.

A method for managing a profile of a user account of a vehicle, comprising

• receiving a plurality of settings for the profile, the settings being stored on a profile database of a cloud services system;
• transferring the profile to the vehicle identified in the plurality of settings, the transferring being via wireless communication transfer over the Internet, the profile being applied so that the settings are implemented by the vehicle;
• receiving communication from the vehicle to update one or more settings of the profile with setting changes learned from user input at the vehicle over time, wherein the profile is disabled at the vehicle if a user associated with the user account is not validated to be authorized for use in the profile;
• and
• sending a notification over the Internet automatically to an administrator of the user account, the notification including a link to a user interface that enables communication with electronics of the vehicle, (a) to view images in and around the vehicle, or (b) to control an instrument of the vehicle, or (c) to remotely grant a guest profile for the vehicle, or (d) to sound an alarm at the vehicle, or (e) to establish a two-way audio/video communication with a person that is proximate to the vehicle, or (f) to view a recommendation for making a setting for the vehicle based on setting changes learned from user input at the vehicle, the user interface accessed via the link is presented on a display of one of a computing device that is remote from the vehicle, a portable device, or a vehicle computer interface,
• wherein communication from the vehicle to update the profile with the one or more settings based on setting changes learned from user inputs is configured to occur after receiving approval of the recommendation for making a setting for the vehicle, the method being executed by a processor.