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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2019
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Joseph Paul Rork, Plymouth, MI (US);
Matthew Atwood Whitaker, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G07C 9/00023 (2013.01); G07C 9/00309 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a request from a mobile device to utilize a vehicle resource. The processor is also configured to determine that a first key has been used to start a vehicle a first time. The processor is further configured to determine that a second key has been used to start the vehicle a second time and approve the request based on the determination that both the first key and the second key were used to start the vehicle a first time and a second time respectively.