FR3102327A1 - Method for managing the contents of a computer interface for a vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

Method for managing the contents of a computer interface offering services (35 ', 35' ") accessible by a multimedia system of a vehicle, the computer interface or the multimedia system being configured to be able to operate in a confidentiality mode of selectable degree, the method comprising the following steps: - identification and recognition of a user by means respectively of an electronic device (25) and of a directory (62) of identifiers, then: - verification of the degree of selected confidentiality and of a connection of the multimedia system to a wireless communication network: - if the selected degree is maximum or no connection to a wireless communication network is available, broadcast a message (47) indicating that no private service is available, - if not loading, in the computer interface of the multimedia system, accesses to a set of personalized services (35 '"). Figure to be published with the abstract: Fig. 2

Description

Method for managing content of a computer interface for a vehicle

The present invention generally relates to the field of on-board multimedia systems in vehicles and relates in particular to a method for managing the contents of a computer interface offering services accessible by a multimedia system of a vehicle. The invention also relates to a multimedia system for the implementation of such a method as well as to a vehicle comprising such a multimedia system.

Offering applications or other services through a computer interface such as a web portal in a multimedia system of a vehicle is one of the services that can be expected from so-called connected vehicles. In order to be able to best adapt the content of such a computer interface to the varied preferences of the users of these vehicles, it becomes necessary to develop increasingly high-performance multimedia systems.

The document WO201435434 describes a method for providing services in a unit of a vehicle, comprising the reception, by a server, of a request from a remote device (a mobile) of an authenticated user; the identification, by the server, of a unit of the remote vehicle associated with the request; and in response to the request, the server provides services or information to the vehicle unit based on the authenticated user's preferences.

US2017126680 describes a vehicle-to-vehicle communication platform system with options for selecting privacy enabled or disabled modes which, respectively, prohibit or allow the vehicle to connect to telecommunications networks to transmit data to third parties . In addition, this system has the ability to manage user profiles with a backup of different privacy settings.

These devices have various drawbacks including a lack of flexibility and efficiency existing for users of vehicles equipped with such devices, in particular for users sharing their vehicle with other drivers or for users likely to adopt nomadic behavior, for example by changing vehicles relatively frequently. This defect is felt in particular at the level of the personalization of the multimedia systems on board the vehicles and in particular of the personalization of the contents of the computer interfaces, such as the computer portals or web portals, accessible by means of these multimedia systems.

Consequently, there is an interest in finding an efficient and more appropriate solution which has a more universal aspect and makes it possible, at least in part, to resolve the aforementioned drawbacks.

To this end, the present invention relates in a first aspect to a method for managing the contents of a computer interface offering services accessible by a multimedia system of a vehicle, the computer interface or the multimedia system being configured to be able to operate according to a mode of confidentiality of selectable degree,
the method comprising the following steps:
- identification and recognition of a user via an electronic device and a directory of identifiers respectively, then:
- verification of the degree of confidentiality selected and the establishment of a connection of the multimedia system to a wireless communication network:
- if the degree selected is maximum or if no connection to the wireless communication network is available, preferably established, broadcast of a message indicating that no private service is available,
- otherwise loading, in the computer interface of the multimedia system, access to a set of personalized services.

Advantageously, thanks to the object of the present invention, the user of the vehicle can easily retrieve all his favorite applications regardless of the vehicle he occupies. Consequently, the computer interface, in particular a computer portal such as a web portal, will be able to offer him a set of personalized services which, advantageously, will allow the user to find himself in a familiar environment independently of the vehicle busy. The comfort of the user and the experience he will derive from the system embedded in the vehicle will be improved.

In a preferred embodiment, the method further comprises a step of loading, into the computer interface, access to a set of public or basic services.

In one embodiment, the loadings of said accesses are also saved in the computer interface or in the multimedia system as long as the recognized user remains unchanged between successive implementations of said method.

Preferably, the set of personalized services comprises the set of public services and a set of private services.

In a preferred embodiment, said services are each made accessible by means of a URL associated with an icon selectable via the multimedia system.

Preferably, the wireless communication network consists of a mobile telephone network and/or a network local to the vehicle or to the electronic device.

Preferably again, the directory of identifiers is stored in a server remote from the vehicle.

In one embodiment, a user profile is associated with each user identifier and stores at least some of the accesses to said private services, a predefined layout for displaying all of the personalized services and the degree of confidentiality.

In a second aspect, the invention also relates to a vehicle multimedia system for implementing the method according to any one of the embodiments of this method or according to any possible combination of these embodiments.

In a third aspect, the invention relates to a vehicle, preferably a motor vehicle, comprising a multimedia system for implementing the method according to any one of the embodiments of this method or according to any possible combination of these embodiments.

is a schematic illustration of the main devices and entities that may be involved in the method of the invention;

represents the main steps of the method of the present invention in the form of a block diagram;

represents a schematic example of the display of a set of services on an in-vehicle multimedia system.

With reference to FIG. 1, this represents the main devices and entities intended to interact in the method of the present invention. These elements will first of all be presented in detail so as to allow, subsequently, a better understanding of the method of the invention.

In the center of Fig.1, we first notice a vehicle 50, preferably a motor vehicle, comprising a multimedia system 40 such as an infotainment console. Such a multimedia system 40 constitutes a communication platform or man-machine interface which typically comprises a display screen, preferably touch-sensitive. This multimedia system 40 is further configured to be able to display a computer interface 30, such as a computer portal or a web portal.

The vehicle 50 is intended to be occupied by a user 20, for example the driver or a passenger, who can be identified via an electronic device 25. This electronic device is preferably a portable device and can typically consist of a mobile phone or other communication device. The vehicle 50 is also in communication via at least one wireless communication network 55 with a remote server 60. The remote server 60 can be a management center, for example a vehicle fleet management center 50. The wireless communication network 55 is preferably a mobile telephone network.

Vehicle 50 and remote server 60 may together constitute an entity that can be defined as an "extended vehicle". This stems from the fact that the remote server 60, or management center, constitutes an entity invisible to the user 20, as does the wireless communication network 55 which connects them.

Each user 20 can be associated with a user profile 22 configured, at least in part, by the user himself. This user profile 22 is preferably stored in a memory of the extended vehicle, for example in a memory of the vehicle 50, in particular of the multimedia system 40, or in a database 65 of the remote server 60. Alternatively, the user profile could be stored in a memory of the electronic device 25 of the user.

A user profile comprises a set of data, in particular configuration parameters linked to the use of the vehicle 50, such as for example a pre-established list of favorite radio stations, adjustment data for a seat of the vehicle, adjustment data one or more mirrors, etc. The data of a user profile 22 also includes a confidentiality mode 45 controlling the external transmission of data, from the vehicle 50 to a third party 70 accessible, at least in part, through of the wireless communication network 55. The third party can typically be a connected service provider, for example an Internet access provider.

The computer interface 30 or the multimedia system 40 is also configured to be able to operate according to a mode of confidentiality 45 of degree 43 that can be selected. By way of example, the following three degrees of confidentiality 43 could be selected by the user 20.

The first degree 43 is a maximum degree of confidentiality which blocks the external transmission of data to the wireless communication network 55. This degree corresponds to so-called activated or “ON” confidentiality.

The second degree 43 is a degree of confidentiality which authorizes the external transmission of data to the wireless communication network 55. Preferably, this second degree of confidentiality authorizes any transmission without any restriction and, therefore, corresponds to a degree of low privacy, which can be described as disabled or “OFF”.

The third degree 43 is a hybrid or intermediate degree of confidentiality which authorizes any transmission of data to the wireless communication network 55, with the exception of geolocation data. Such geolocation data could be received by the vehicle 50, in particular by a receiver arranged in this vehicle, from a transmitter 80 which can typically be a satellite geolocation system.

In order to comply with the GDPR regulation (General Data Protection Regulation or "General Data Protection Regulation"), the vehicle 50, or the electronic device 25 of the user 20, preferably uses by default the maximum confidentiality mode which is exclusive of a sending of data, namely which excludes any sending of data to the outside, in particular through the wireless communication network 55.

Different types of user profile 22 can be provided in the architecture illustrated in FIG. 1. By way of example, the following three user profiles could be provided.

The first type of user profile 22 could be a personal profile, preferably secure, requiring identification of the user 20 by means of his electronic device 25. The latter is typically a smart mobile phone and therefore constitutes a personal object that the user is generally in the habit of always or very often carrying it with him. This profile is typically identified by means of an identifier (U _ID – User IDentifier) which is preferably associated with a pseudonym and, for example, with an avatar. The data contained in this first profile is private data, which can nevertheless be supplemented by public data if necessary. The private or public nature of a piece of data can be imposed by the extended vehicle, for example by the management center and/or by the multimedia system 40 of the vehicle 50. The private data can be more or less sensitive personal data, such as as preferences or confidential or even secret data. Public data is data with little or no sensitivity which can therefore be shared, for example. Preferably, only sensitive data cannot be modified by third-party users. It should also be noted that this first profile could be an authenticated profile or require authentication in addition to the identification of the user 20.

The second user profile type 22 could be a public profile, accessible by simple selection made by any user. As its name suggests, this second profile only includes little or no sensitive data such as public data with free access. The selection of this type of profile therefore does not require any authentication or identification by means of an ancillary device such as the electronic device 25. Preferably, this type of profile can be activated by a simple selection made by the user, typically from from a list of available profiles that the multimedia system 40 can restore. Preferably, any user can modify the data or parameters of a user profile of this second type. The modified data will thus remain stored in this profile until a new modification.

The third type of profile could be a so-called "guest" profile which comprises a set of parameters and/or data pre-established by the extended vehicle or by an entity of the extended vehicle. Being intended to be shared by any guest of the vehicle 50, this type of profile generates only one guest profile per extended vehicle. It is therefore not created by the user and, preferably, cannot be reproduced or duplicated. Any user nevertheless has the possibility of modifying the content of this profile, without however being able to change its name or its representation, via an avatar, an icon, or a pictogram for example.

Based on this architecture, the method of the invention will now be described in more detail, with reference to Figs. 2 and 3 which illustrate, respectively, the main steps of the method in the form of a functional diagram and a schematic example of the display, on the multimedia system 40, of a set of services offered by a web portal acting as a computer interface 30.

This method allows the management, in particular the restitution, of contents of a computer interface 30 offering services 35 accessible by a multimedia system 40 of a vehicle 50. In the illustration given as an example in FIG. 3, the services 35 are seven in number and typically relate, to name only a few, to access to music, to a road navigation system, to a messaging service, to a telephone service or to a entertainment allowing for example the viewing of films.

These services may or may not be connected services. The connected services are marked in Fig. 3 by two chain links associated with the icons corresponding to these services. The non-connected services are typically services which do not necessarily have to call on an external communication network, such as the wireless communication network 55 of FIG. 1, to receive or exchange data with a remote server. Each of these services, connected or not, is accessible by means of the multimedia system 40 illustrated in FIG. 1. The contents of the computer interface 30 (web portal for example) are typically constituted by the accesses (for example Internet addresses or other referral links) to the services 35 as well as by the icons with which these accesses are associated.

The computer interface 30 or the multimedia system 40 is further configured to be able to operate according to a mode of confidentiality 45 of degree (of confidentiality) 43 which can be selected. The selection of the degree of confidentiality is typically made by the user 20 of the vehicle.

With particular reference to FIG. 2, the method comprises the following main step S1:
- identification and recognition of a user 20 via an electronic device 25 and a directory 62 of identifiers respectively. It should be noted that the directory 62 of identifiers can be empty if no identifier has yet been saved there.

Then, namely in the event of a positive outcome at the main step S1 mentioned above, the method further comprises a sub-step S2 of verification relating to the degree 43 of confidentiality selected and to the establishment of a connection of the multimedia system 40 to a wireless communication network 55. The following two outcomes, each leading to a new sub-step S3 or S4, may result from this verification:
- if the degree 43 selected is maximum or if no connection to a wireless communication network 55 is available, preferably established, broadcasting of a message 47 indicating that no private service 35" is available (step S3),
- otherwise loading, into the computer interface 30 of the multimedia system 40, access to a set of personalized services 35'" (steps S4).

It will be specified that the coordinating conjunction "or" indicated above with reference to sub-step S3 is a non-exclusive "or" which therefore means "and/or". Also, the message 47 can be a visual and/or sound message, broadcast via the multimedia system 40. Preferably, it will be a visual message of the pop-up type, namely a message which disappears by itself at the expiration of a short interval of time, typically of the order of a few seconds. More specifically, this message could indicate the cause of the unavailability of any private service and could in particular specify that there is no connection if no connection to a wireless communication network 55 is available or established. . As another cause, he could specify that the degree 43 selected excludes any sending of data to the wireless communication network 55. Finally, it will also be noted that the accesses to the various services 35 can be referrals, pointers or addresses, unique preferences, which allow the multimedia system 40 or its computer interface 30 to reach and launch the services associated with these accesses. For connected services, each of these accesses could be a web address, for example a URL (Uniform Resource Identifier).

Preferably, the identification of the user (step S1) is done via the electronic device 25. Indeed, the latter comprises in particular a MAC (Media Access Control) address, which preferably constitutes the identifier of the user. 'user. Advantageously, this physical address is a unique identifier which is physically stored in the electronic device, in particular in a network card of this device.

In a preferred embodiment and as illustrated in FIG. 2, the method further comprises a step S5 of loading, into the computer interface 30, accesses to a set of public services 35'. In this figure, this step is illustrated by an additional arrow in broken lines. Although added at the start of the process, it should be noted that this step S5 could be a second main step and be located at another level, for example at the end of the process (after the sub-steps S3 and S4) or between the steps S1 and S2. The utility set 35' constitutes a basic service set which, therefore, is labeled in FIG. 2 by a label illustrating the first level of a pyramid, unlike the 35'" personalized service set labeled with a label illustrating the user. The personal nature of a personalized service means that, unlike a public service 35', the personalized service is specifically dedicated to a particular user 20, more precisely to the user for whom such a service is associated with his user profile 22. Note that all of the public (or basic) services can typically populate the "guest" type profile.

In one embodiment, the loadings of the accesses, whatever they may be, are also saved in the computer interface 30 or in the multimedia system 40 as long as the user recognized in step S1 is unchanged between updates. successive implementation of the process, in particular between two successive implementations of the process. Typically, the method is implemented each time the multimedia system 40 is started. Preferably, this multimedia system is configured to turn off when the ignition of the vehicle is switched off, for example when the user leaves the vehicle.

In another embodiment, the custom services set 35'" includes the public services set 35' and a private services set 35".

As shown in Fig. 3, the set of personalized services is preferably displayed (arranged), in the computer interface 30, according to a layout predefined by the user 20. In such a layout, the service 35 linked to the display of a " home page" is for example located at the top right of the display space of the computer interface 30, and is illustrated by an icon representing a house. Different preferences for organization or arrangement of the services 35 could be chosen by other users. Each provision defined by the user according to his preferences can be stored and associated for example with the profile 22 of the user in question. To do this, the various locations of the icons representative of the various services 35 chosen by the user could be identified for example by a coordinate system linked to the display surface of the multimedia system 40 or of the computer interface 30.

Preferably, the services 35 (public 35', private 35", personalized 35'") are at least partly services requiring a connection to a remote server, such as that of the management center 60 and/or that of the service provider. services 70.

Preferably and as illustrated in FIG. 3, the services 35 are each made accessible by means of a URL associated with an icon that can be selected via the multimedia system 40. To do this, this multimedia system is preferably provided with a touch screen.

In addition to the mobile telephone network, or as an alternative to the latter, the wireless communication network 55 could consist of a local network 54 to the vehicle 50 or to the electronic device 25. Such a local network 54 could use communication protocols. communications such as Bluetooth, Zigbee, NFC (Near Field Communication), Wi-Fi (Wireless Fidelity), LiFi (Light Fidelity), PC5, ITS or G5 for example.

In one embodiment, the electronic device 25 could constitute a relay configured to allow an exchange of communications between the multimedia system 40 and at least one remote server, for example that of the management center 60 and/or that of the service provider 70 In this case, the communications exchanged could pass through the local network 54, between the multimedia system 40 and the electronic device 25, and through a wide area network such as the wireless communication network 55 between the electronic device 25 and the remote server. in question.

As shown in Fig. 1, the directory 62 of U _ID identifiers is stored in a remote server 60 with respect to the vehicle 50. This remote server can typically be the one hosted by the management center or accessible by the latter.

In a preferred embodiment, a user profile 22 is associated with each user identifier (U _ID ) and stores at least part of the following parameters: access to private services 35", a predefined display layout of the 35'" personalized service package and 43 degree of confidentiality.

In one embodiment, the user profile 22 is stored in the remote server 60, for example in the database 65 of the management center, or in the electronic device 25, for example in a SIM card of this device or in a other memory of this device.

It will also be noted that the management undertaken by the method of the invention is not limited to restoring the contents (such as computer applications for example) of the computer interface, but can also manage the organization of the display or even the setting updating these contents, for example updating a service catalog 35 (such as applications for example) constituting a set of services.

In a second aspect, the invention also relates to a vehicle multimedia system 40 for implementing the method according to any one of the embodiments of this method or according to any possible combination of these realization or characteristics related to the architecture of this process.

In a third aspect, the invention relates to a vehicle 50, preferably a motor vehicle, comprising a multimedia system 40 for implementing the method according to any one of the embodiments of this method or according to any possible combination of these embodiments or of characteristics linked to the architecture of this method.

Claims (10)

Method for managing content of a computer interface (30) offering services (35) accessible by a multimedia system (40) of a vehicle (50), the computer interface (30) or the multimedia system (40) being configured to be able to operate according to a privacy mode (45) of selectable degree (43),
the method comprising the following steps:
- identification and recognition of a user (20) via an electronic device (25) and a directory (62) of identifiers (U _ID ), respectively, then:
- verification of the degree (43) of confidentiality selected and of a connection of the multimedia system (40) to a wireless communication network (55):
- if the level (43) selected is maximum or that no connection to the wireless communication network (55) is available, broadcasting of a message (47) indicating that no private service (35") is available,
- otherwise loading, in the computer interface (30) of the multimedia system (40), access to a set of personalized services (35'"). Method according to claim 1, characterized in that it further comprises a step (S5) of loading, into the computer interface (30), accesses to a set of public services (35'). Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the loadings of said accesses are also saved in the computer interface (30) or in the multimedia system (40) as long as the recognized user (20) is unchanged between successive implementations of said method. Method according to claim 2, characterized in that the set of personalized services (35'") comprises the set of public services (35') and a set of private services (35"). Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the said services (35) are each made accessible by means of a URL associated with an icon which can be selected via the multimedia system (40). Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the wireless communication network (55) consists of a mobile telephone network and/or a local network (54) to the vehicle (50) or to the device electronics (25). Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the directory (62) of identifiers (U _ID ) is stored in a remote server (60) with respect to the vehicle (50). Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that a user profile (22) is associated with each user identifier (U _ID ) and stores at least part of the accesses to said private services (35"), a predefined layout for displaying all the personalized services (35'") and the degree (43) of confidentiality. Multimedia system (40), vehicle, for the implementation of the method according to any one of the preceding claims. Vehicle (50), comprising a multimedia system (40) for implementing the method according to one of Claims 1 to 8.