US 11,721,147 B2
System and method for managing an autonomous licensing entity
Jebb A. Dykstra, Santa Monica, CA (US); and Michael A. Kerr, Reno, NV (US)
Assigned to LOYALTY IOT, INC., Reno, NV (US)
Filed by LOYALTY IOT, INC., Reno, NV (US)
Filed on Nov. 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/520,417.
Prior Publication US 2022/0254206 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. G07C 9/00 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G06Q 50/30 (2012.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC G07C 9/00309 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/30 (2013.01); G07C 9/27 (2020.01); G07C 9/28 (2020.01); G06F 21/10 (2013.01); G06Q 2240/00 (2013.01); G07C 2009/00769 (2013.01); H04L 63/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
11. A system for managing a vehicle cloud service comprising:
a third-party network component having a third-party vehicle cloud service operating thereon, wherein the third-party vehicle cloud service includes a community of end users that can access the third-party vehicle cloud service, and wherein the third-party network component is communicatively coupled to a network;
a vehicle associated with a vehicle management module that controls access to the vehicle, the vehicle management module communicatively coupled to the network;
a third-party directory service associated with the third-party vehicle cloud service, wherein the third-party directory service manages the community of end users that can access the third-party vehicle cloud service, wherein a subset of end users of the community of end users request access to the vehicle;
a vehicle directory service associated with the vehicle cloud service;
a mobile client device associated with one end user of the subset of end users, the mobile client device communicatively coupled to the network, wherein the mobile client device is associated with a user profile having a plurality of user preferences and at least one user credential indicating the end user has a valid driving license;
an identifying message originating from the mobile client device, in which the identifying message includes a vehicle access request, the user profile, the user preferences, and the user credential indicating the end user has a valid driving license;
a query originating from the vehicle management module that requests vehicle access authorization from the third-party vehicle cloud service when the vehicle access request is received from the mobile client device;
a vehicle access invitation, originating from the vehicle cloud service, that is transmitted to the mobile client device when the identifying message is authenticated by the third-party vehicle cloud service, wherein the vehicle access invitation provides access to the vehicle; and
a synchronization module that synchronizes the third-party directory service and the vehicle directory service according to the vehicle access invitation.