US 2,014,309,806 · Filed 2014-04-15
The Patent for Cars That Remember Who You Are
Imagine a car that knows you're tired and adjusts the seat to wake you up, or figures out you're heading to the gym and pre-cools the cabin. This patent describes a system where a vehicle learns your habits and personality, then uses that data to automatically help you in small ways while you drive.
The plain-English version
What it protects
The claim covers a system that builds and maintains a digital profile (or 'persona') of each person who drives the car, tracking their preferences and patterns over time. Once that persona is established, the vehicle can automatically perform helpful actions—like adjusting climate, seat position, music, or alerts—based on what it knows about that specific driver and current driving conditions. What's protected is both the method of creating these personas and the vehicle's ability to act on them without being asked.
Why it matters
This patent protects the core idea of personalized vehicle assistance at scale. As cars become connected and autonomous features more common, the ability to recognize drivers and adapt the driving experience in real time becomes a major competitive advantage. A vehicle that learns your commute, your temperature preferences, and your fatigue patterns could reduce accidents, improve comfort, and create a stronger bond between driver and car—valuable territory for automakers and tech companies racing to own the future of mobility.
Real-world use
Every time you get into a rental car or your friend's vehicle, you have to manually adjust everything—seat, mirrors, temperature, radio. A car with this patent would do all that automatically the moment it recognizes you.
Original USPTO abstract
Methods, systems, and a computer readable medium are provided for maintaining a persona of a vehicle occupant and, based on the persona of the vehicle occupant and vehicle-related information, performing an action assisting the vehicle occupant.
Patent details
- Publication number
- US 2,014,309,806
- Filing date
- 2014-04-15
- Grant date
- Application — not yet granted
- Assignee
- Flextronics Ap, Llc
- Inventor(s)
- RICCI CHRISTOPHER P.
- CPC class
- G06F16/951
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