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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 10, 2013
Filed:
Feb. 27, 2012
Christopher Lee Rovik, Canton, MI (US);
Charan S. Lota, Canton, MI (US);
Donald Anthony Restauri, Iii, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Christopher Lee Rovik, Canton, MI (US);
Charan S. Lota, Canton, MI (US);
Donald Anthony Restauri, III, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Erlanger, KY (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for determining available providers is disclosed. One embodiment includes communicating with a plurality of third party data storage units, at least one of the plurality of third party data storage units comprising user preference data for a vehicle, retrieving the user preference data from a remote location, and facilitating storage of the user preference data. Some embodiments include utilizing the user preference data to predict a likely current destination and providing, by a vehicle computing device, data related to the likely current destination to a user.