Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Priyank Shah

Basavaraj Tonshal

Jason Michael Miller

Jamal Alezzani

Jason Carlton

Methods and systems are provided for deleting a user profile and pairing data stored in memory of an in-vehicle computing system to maintain user privacy and data security. In one method, the method includes deleting at least one user profile and corresponding pairing data upon receiving a deletion request, wherein the in-vehicle computing system is configured to operate in a rental mode or a non-rental mode, and wherein a pre-set trigger varies according to the rental mode or the non-rental mode. In another method, the method includes deleting at least one user profile and corresponding pairing data based on one or more of a pre-determined location and a status of an ignition of the vehicle in a rental mode and deleting the at least one user profile and the corresponding pairing data based on a prompt displayed to a user in a non-rental mode.

Systems and methods for securing private user data based on GPS

A system for testing-configuring one or more vehicles includes a task communication module obtaining a task data packet having a selected software-based task to be performed on a selected vehicle, where a task command identifier identifying the task, a command matching module selecting a predefined task command from among a set of stored task commands based on the task command identifier where the predefined task command executes either a selected standardized protocol (i.e., a set of locally stored instructions) or a selected customized protocol to perform the task (i.e., a set of bypass instructions to retrieve a selected script file having a set of customizable instructions), and a command execution module executing the selected standard protocol in response to the predefined task command being the selected standard protocol, and executing the selected customized protocol employing the selected script file based on the predefined task command being the selected customized protocol.

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West Bloomfield, MI, United States of America

Priyank Shah