Associating vehicle user equipment with customer mobile accounts

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10764751-B1
Application number	US-201916699923-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Dec 2, 2019
Priority date	Dec 2, 2019
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

A server device can, in response to a mobile device request, facilitate presentation of a login page via a mobile device. The login page can prompt for access credentials to a user account associated with mobile communications services and associated with a user identity, wherein a displayed link by an in-vehicle user equipment enabled the mobile device to request the login page. Based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, the server device can facilitate displaying a prompt, via the mobile device, for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link. The server device can receive a submitted code from the mobile device, and in response to the submitted code being determined to match the activation code, pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method, comprising:
facilitating, by a server device comprising a processor, presenting a login page prompting for access credentials related to a user account associated with a user identity, wherein:
the server device administers the user account, wherein the user account relates to accessing mobile communications,
the login page is associated with an activation of an in-vehicle user equipment, wherein the activation results in a pairing of the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account, and
the login page is presented in response to a request from a mobile device, wherein a displayed link by the in-vehicle user equipment enables the mobile device to request the login page;

based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, facilitating, by the server device, display of a prompt via the mobile device for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link;
receiving, by the server device, a submitted code from the mobile device; and
in response to a matching of the submitted code with the activation code, pairing, by the server device, the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the matching is facilitated by the in-vehicle user equipment.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the matching is facilitated by the server device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the mobile communications are transmitted in accordance with a vehicle-to-everything standard related to delivery of wireless communications to motor vehicles.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein, prior to the pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account, facilitating, by the server device, prompting for a confirmation to allow the in-vehicle user equipment to access the user account.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising, subsequent to the pairing, facilitating, by the server device, presenting a plan via the in-vehicle user equipment for selection of a communication option for delivery of the mobile communications to the in-vehicle user equipment.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising, subsequent to the pairing, facilitating, by the server device, association of the in-vehicle user equipment with entertainment related services deliverable by a content server.

8. A server device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
sending a login page to a mobile device, the login page prompting for access credentials used to access a user account associated with a user identity, the user account related to provision of mobile communications, wherein:
the sending is responsive to a request from the mobile device, and
a displayed link by an in-vehicle user equipment enables the mobile device to request the login page via a graphical user interface;

based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, sending a prompt, for display via the mobile device for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link;
receiving a submitted code from the mobile device; and
in response to the submitted code being determined to match the activation code, pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.

9. The server device of claim 8 , wherein the operations further comprise, receiving vehicle identification data from the in-vehicle user equipment, wherein the vehicle identification data comprises a make and a model of a vehicle in which the in-vehicle user equipment is located.

10. The server device of claim 9 , wherein a type of the vehicle is determined based on the make and the model of the vehicle.

11. The server device of claim 10 , wherein the operations further comprise, facilitating transmission of the vehicle identification data to a content server, wherein the content server facilitates delivery of selectable images to be displayed via a screen of the in-vehicle user equipment, wherein the selectable images represent content selected by the content server based on the type of the vehicle, and wherein the content is streamable to the in-vehicle user equipment via the mobile communications.

12. The server device of claim 11 , wherein the operations further comprise, as a result of selections of the selectable images, facilitating storage of preference data related to the selections, wherein the preference data is associated with the user account.

13. The server device of claim 12 , wherein the content server, based on the preference data, facilitates presentment, for display via the screen of the in-vehicle user equipment, of subsequent selectable images related to targeted content determined after analysis of the preference data.

14. A machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor of a server device, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
in response to a mobile device request, facilitating presentation of a login page via a mobile device, the login page prompting for access credentials to a user account associated with mobile communications services and associated with a user identity, wherein a displayed link by an in-vehicle user equipment enabled the mobile device to request the login page;
based on a receipt of the access credentials from the mobile device, facilitating displaying a prompt, via the mobile device, for entry of an activation code, wherein the activation code was displayed by the in-vehicle user equipment along with the displayed link;
receiving a submitted code from the mobile device; and
in response to the submitted code being determined to match the activation code, pairing the in-vehicle user equipment with the user account.

15. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 14 , wherein the in-vehicle user equipment comprises a global positioning system device.

16. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 15 , wherein the operations further comprise, subsequent to the pairing, facilitating, by the server device, association of the in-vehicle user equipment with entertainment related services deliverable by a content server.

17. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the content server receives global positioning system data indicating a trip duration, and wherein the trip duration is based upon a starting point and a destination point entered into the global positioning system device.

18. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 17 , wherein, based on the trip duration, the content server delivers selectable images, and wherein the selectable images further relate to content that has a run-time within the trip duration.

19. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 16 , wherein the content server receives global positioning system data indicating a destination of a vehicle.

20. The machine-readable storage medium of claim 19 , wherein the content server delivers the selectable images related to content selected based on the destination.

Assignees

• At & T Mobility Ii Llc

Inventors

• Givens Andrew

Classifications

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04W8/18

  Processing of user or subscriber data, e.g. subscribed services, user preferences or user profiles; Transfer of user or subscriber data · CPC title

• H04W12/06 Primary

  Authentication · CPC title

• H04L63/083

  using passwords (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using a predetermined code H04L9/3226) · CPC title

• H04W4/02

  Services making use of location information · CPC title