Patent ID: 8688306

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving information identifying a user; accessing stored profile data, the profile data having at least one user profile, the at least one user profile including user identification information, a permissible destination, at least one of a date and a time restriction, and a predefined route between a current location of a vehicle and the permissible destination; identifying the at least one user profile based on the stored user identification information and the received information identifying the user; receiving a destination; comparing, by a processor associated with the vehicle, the received destination to the permissible destination to determine whether the received destination is the same as the permissible destination; and when the received destination is the same as the permissible destination, enabling the user to use the vehicle to travel to the received destination; before receiving the received destination, determining whether the user presently has permission to use the vehicle based on the at least one of the date and the time restriction; when the user does not presently have permission, denying the user permission to use the vehicle; and when the user does not presently have permission, enabling the user to use the vehicle in an emergency mode.