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Abstract

A method of and system for programming one or more personalized settings of a user for adjustable components of a vehicle, by using a communication device capable of communicating data to the vehicle. It includes providing the user with a radio frequency identification (RFID) tag. The RFID tag includes machine-readable information regarding personalized settings of the user for at least one adjustable component of the vehicle. The information from the RFID tag includes the identity of the user. First, information is read from the RFID tag using an RFID reader when the RFID tag is operationally proximate the RFID reader. Next, a profile database is queried to access a personal profile of the user based upon the identity of the user as read from the RFID tag. The personal profile includes personalized settings for each component of the vehicle to be set. The profile database may be remotely located from the vehicle, in which case the profile database is operatively coupled to the receiver via a communication link and the querying step includes querying the profile database via the communication link. Then at least one adjustable component of the vehicle is set based upon the personalized settings from the personal profile accessed from the profile database. Optionally, the personal profile stored on the profile database may be updated when the user completes operation of the vehicle.

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