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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 29, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Jacob Lucero, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Cameron Smyth, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 11/04 (2006.01); H04W 76/50 (2018.01); H04W 4/90 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/50 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 4/90 (2018.02);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a controller configured to receive a vehicle state signal indicative of a vehicle being in an emergency state, repeatedly transmit a request, via Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE), to a personal communication device (PCD) to contact an emergency provider in response to receiving the vehicle state signal, and stop transmitting the request to contact the emergency provider in response to receiving an acknowledgement from the PCD that the emergency provider was contacted.