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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 29, 2007
David K. Evans, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Vishakha Radia, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael a Caponigro, San Francisco, CA (US);
David K. Evans, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Vishakha Radia, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
Michael A Caponigro, San Francisco, CA (US);
Cisco Technology, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes a touch-screen display. The apparatus includes first logic for generating a virtual assistant for presentation to a user via the touch-screen display. The virtual assistant has one or more anthropomorphic characteristics and interacts with the user via at least the touch-screen display to facilitate user access to one or more vehicle features. The apparatus includes second logic for automatically receiving data from a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag in a personal item of the user to identify the user, automatically accessing a profile associated with the RFID tag, and automatically initiating implementation of one or more of preferences of the user indicated by a profile associated with the RFID tag. The apparatus includes a vehicle interface for coupling the apparatus to any one of multiple vehicles and communicating data between the first or second logic and the vehicle.