A method for managing passenger comfort. A passenger mobile device isconnected with a vehicle computer system in a vehicle using a near-fieldcommunications reader for a passenger seat. Passenger comfort preferencesassociated with the passenger seat are identified by the vehicle computersystembased on changes made to an environment in the vehicle by a passenger.Passengercomfort preferences made to the environment by the passenger are sent from thevehicle computer system to the passenger mobile device, which are associatedwithdifferent current states. New comfort preferences are received by the vehiclecomputer system from the passenger mobile device when the passenger mobiledevice detects a change in a current state of the passenger. Signals are sentby thevehicle computer system to a number of vehicle systems to change theenvironmentusing the new comfort preferences, enabling an increase in the passengercomfort inthe vehicle.
