Patent ID: 9081944
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method for limiting access to personalization information for a registered primary vehicle user for a vehicle including a telematics unit, the method comprising: storing personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user within a non-transitory memory; blocking, after the storing, access to the personalization information of the registered primary vehicle user during use of the vehicle by a driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user; permitting a change to a first setting value on the vehicle by the driver that has not been authenticated as the registered primary vehicle user; authenticating, after the storing, the registered primary vehicle user; providing, in response to successful authentication of the registered primary vehicle user during the authenticating, access to the personalization information for the registered primary vehicle user; and restoring, after the permitting and authenticating, the first setting value on the vehicle, based upon a setting value stored in the non-transitory memory.