US 12,015,676 B2
Method and apparatus for advanced vehicle preconfiguration
Kay Hart, Kew (AU); David Sanabria, Plymouth, MI (US); Marc Mills, Novi, MI (US); Patricia Piedrahita, Birmingham, MI (US); Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US); Justin Bauer, Plymouth, MI (US); Anthony Trentacosti, South Lyon, MI (US); Colin Ho, Kanata (CA); and Philip Mason, Berkley, MI (US)
Assigned to Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed by FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2019, as Appl. No. 16/685,436.
Prior Publication US 2021/0152665 A1, May 20, 2021
Int. Cl. H04L 67/00 (2022.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); G01C 21/34 (2006.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 88/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 67/34 (2013.01) [G01C 21/3484 (2013.01); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01); H04W 88/02 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system comprising:
a mobile device including a processor and a memory, the mobile device being configured to access a vehicle account including first vehicle for which a user has first vehicle system settings, wherein the processor is configured to
determine that a second vehicle has been associated with the vehicle account;
initiate a settings configuration process, responsive to determining that the second vehicle is assigned to the vehicle account, wherein the configuration process configures the processor to:
determine which settings of the first vehicle that are compatible for transfer to the second vehicle;
present the first vehicle system settings that are compatible for transfer to the second vehicle;
receive selection from the first vehicle system settings of selected first settings to be transferred to the second vehicle;
receive edits of the first vehicle system settings to create edited first settings to be transferred to the second vehicle;
present second vehicle system settings for the second vehicle that can be configured via the mobile device;
receive configuration of the second vehicle system settings to create configured second settings for assignment to the second vehicle;
save the selected first settings, the edited first settings and the configured second settings to a second vehicle initialization data set; and
upload the second vehicle initialization data set, including identification of the second vehicle, to a server for transfer to the second vehicle.