Access and portability of user profiles stored as templates

Abstract

A system to access one or more user profiles that govern one or more vehicle functions. The system cooperates with a processor and verification module which are adapted to verify, using one or more of biometric information, gesture recognition, facial recognition and device identification information, that a user has authority to access the one or more user profiles, where the one or more profiles are stored in one or more of a vehicle, a cloud and a communications device. An edit module is further provided and adapted to allow the user to make one or more edits to the one or more user profiles.

1 - 20 . (canceled) 
     
     
         21 . A system to access one or more user profiles that govern one or more vehicle functions comprising:
 a computer processor and verification module adapted to verify, using gesture recognition, that a user has authority to access the one or more user profiles, the one or more profiles being stored in one or more of a vehicle, a cloud and a communications device; and   an edit/modification module adapted to allow the user to make one or more edits to the one or more user profiles based on the verified authority.   
     
     
         22 . The system of  claim 21 , further comprising one or more templates on which the one or more user profiles are based, wherein the computer processor and verification module are verify that the user has authority using one or more of the gesture recognition, biometric information, facial recognition and device identification information. 
     
     
         23 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the verification module further receives a request to access a specific user profile, the user profile storing preferences for the user that govern one or more of vehicle functions, vehicle preferences and vehicle infotainment settings. 
     
     
         24 . The system of  claim 21 , further comprising an encryption module adapted to perform authentication of the user. 
     
     
         25 . The system of  claim 21 , further comprising a profile subsystem adapted to resolve conflicts between the one or more edits and the one or more user profiles. 
     
     
         26 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more user profiles are at least partially encrypted. 
     
     
         27 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more user profiles include one or more of: vehicle preferences, seat settings, HVAC settings, recorded settings, geographic location information, mobile device information, mobile device electronic addresses, Internet browsing history and content, application store selections, user settings, enabled features, disabled features, private information, social network information, user presence information, user business account information, secure data, biometric information, audio information from on board microphones, video information from on board cameras, Internet browsing history and browsed content from using an on board computer, local area network settings, electronic map information, user purchasing preferences, user driving behavior and preferences, user behavior with respect to a selected object, user socioeconomic status, user residence and business addresses, user communication devices and electronic addresses therefor, user biometric information and other user identification information, user family members and, for each family member, the foregoing information. 
     
     
         28 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein in at least one of the one or more user templates is based on a global standard template, wherein the global standard template is common among one or more of vehicle manufacturers, company vehicles and a geographic area. 
     
     
         29 . The system of  claim 21 , wherein the one or more user profiles can be transferred from one or more of car-to-car, device-to-car, car-to-device, car-to-cloud, and cloud-to-car. 
     
     
         30 . The system of  claim 29 , wherein the device is a mobile communications device. 
     
     
         31 . A method to access one or more user profiles that govern one or more vehicle functions comprising:
 verifying, by a computer processor using gesture recognition, that a user has authority to access the one or more user profiles, the one or more profiles being stored in one or more of a vehicle, a cloud and a communications device; and   allowing the user to make one or more edits to the one or more user profiles based on the verified authority.   
     
     
         32 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more user profiles are based on one or more templates, and wherein the verifying verifies that the user has authority using one or more of the gesture recognition, biometric information, facial recognition and device identification information. 
     
     
         33 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising receiving a request to access a specific user profile, the user profile storing preferences for the user that govern one or more of vehicle functions, vehicle preferences and vehicle infotainment settings. 
     
     
         34 . The method of  claim 31 , further comprising performing authentication of the user. 
     
     
         35 . The method of claim  11 , further comprising resolving conflicts between the one or more edits and the one or more user profiles. 
     
     
         36 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more user profiles are at least partially encrypted. 
     
     
         37 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more user profiles include one or more of: vehicle preferences, seat settings, HVAC settings, recorded settings, geographic location information, mobile device information, mobile device electronic addresses, Internet browsing history and content, application store selections, user settings, enabled features, disabled features, private information, social network information, user presence information, user business account information, secure data, biometric information, audio information from on board microphones, video information from on board cameras, Internet browsing history and browsed content from using an on board computer, local area network settings, electronic map information, user purchasing preferences, user driving behavior and preferences, user behavior with respect to a selected object, user socioeconomic status, user residence and business addresses, user communication devices and electronic addresses therefor, user biometric information and other user identification information, user family members and, for each family member, the foregoing information. 
     
     
         38 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein in at least one of the one or more user templates is based on a global standard template, wherein the global standard template is common among one or more of vehicle manufacturers, company vehicles and a geographic area. 
     
     
         39 . The method of  claim 31 , wherein the one or more user profiles can be transferred from one or more of car-to-car, device-to-car, car-to-device, car-to-cloud, and cloud-to-car. 
     
     
         40 . The method of  claim 39 , wherein the device is a mobile communications device.