Patent ID: 9348492
Filing Date: 2016-05-24
CPC Classification: B60N,B60W,G06F,G07C,H01M,H04L,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising, receiving a request to access a vehicle computer of a vehicle using a mobile device of a passenger of the vehicle; providing access to the mobile device; receiving identification of a seat in the vehicle that is associated with the passenger; providing a user interface to the mobile device, the user interface exposing a plurality of vehicle systems that are interfaced with the vehicle computer, the plurality of vehicle systems include systems that relate to an environment zone in which the seat is located in the vehicle, the user interface further includes controls for enabling setting inputs to one or more of the plurality of vehicle systems; and receiving setting inputs from the user interface of the mobile device of the passenger, the setting inputs used as instructions to the vehicle computer to make changes to the one or more of the plurality of vehicle systems, wherein the method is executed by a processor.