Patent ID: 8996200
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: B60N,B60R

Abstract:
1. A system, comprising: a plurality of location devices disposed in a vehicle, each of the location devices embedded in a respective vehicle seat of the vehicle; a wireless communications interface coupled to each of the location devices, each of the location devices is configured to communicate, via the wireless communications interface, with end user devices of occupants, if any, that are present in the corresponding vehicle seats; vehicle electronic components communicatively coupled to a vehicle network, each of the vehicle electronic components configured to provide a function that is independently directed to a corresponding vehicle seat; a central controller of the vehicle, the central controller including a computer processor, the central controller communicatively coupled to the location devices and the vehicle electronic components over the vehicle network; and logic executable by the computer processor, the logic configured to implement: receiving a unique identifier of one of the location devices, the unique identifier identifying a location in the vehicle in which the one of the location devices is disposed; validating the one of the location devices and an end user device of an occupant present in the vehicle seat corresponding to the one of the location devices in response to activation of the location device by the end user device via the communications interface; receiving a request from the end user device to implement end user-configured settings for at least one of the vehicle electronic components that services the location in the vehicle corresponding to the location device associated with the unique identifier; and activating the at least one of the vehicle electronic components based on the end user-configured settings.