Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Manpreet Singh Bajwa

Omar Makke

Perry Robinson Macneille

Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin

Andrea Bowes Chowanic

An infotainment system in a vehicle includes at least one processor configured to, in response to occurrence of a trigger condition defined by an invitation from a source remote from the vehicle and identifying media content and to acceptance of the invitation, select a medium carrying the media content to play the media content. The trigger condition may be a current location of the vehicle matching a specified location, a weather condition at a current location of the vehicle matching a specified weather condition, a current speed of the vehicle exceeding a specified speed, a current date matching a specified date, or a current time of day matching a specified time of day. Alternatively, the trigger condition may be a signal indicating presence of a passenger or presence of a connection with a mobile device.

Vehicle based content sharing

A vehicle safe authentication system may include a vehicle safe, a vehicle camera, and a control unit programmed to receive an indication of unauthorized access at the vehicle safe and further programmed to activate the vehicle camera in response to the indication, wherein activation of the camera may include capturing at least one image.

Vehicle safe and authentication system

A system includes a processor configured to transfer a newly generated encryption key for a newly paired device to the device and utilize the encryption key to create and encrypt a new virtual storage space corresponding to the device and accessible using the encryption key on a memory connected to the processor.

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Manpreet Singh Bajwa