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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.:

US 10212557 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Feb. 19, 2019

Filed:

Aug. 23, 2017

Position-based limited-response mode operation in a vehicle communication system

Applicant:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, Warwickshire, GB;

Inventors:

Howard Siswick, Coventry, GB;

Mohammed Khan, Coventry, GB;

Assignee:

Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, Warwickshire, GB;

Attorney:

Myers Bigel, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Jean A Gelin

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/04 (2009.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); G01P 13/00 (2006.01); H04W 52/02 (2009.01); H04W 4/02 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/046 (2013.01); G01P 13/00 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01); H04B 17/27 (2015.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 52/0235 (2013.01); G07C 2009/0038 (2013.01); G07C 2209/63 (2013.01); H04M 2250/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/023 (2013.01); Y02D 70/00 (2018.01); Y02D 70/144 (2018.01); Y02D 70/25 (2018.01);
Abstract

A communication system for facilitating control over a function of a vehicle () comprises a base station () positioned in the vehicle () and a mobile communication unit (). The base station () comprises a first transmitter for transmitting a signal to the mobile communication unit () and a first receiver for receiving a signal from the mobile communication unit (). The base station () is configured to determine a location of the mobile communication unit () relative to the vehicle () and to cause the mobile communication unit () to operate in accordance with a limited-response mode when the location of the communication unit relative to the vehicle () remains substantially unchanged for a predetermined period of time.

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