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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2019
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2015
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Yifan Chen, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Kwaku O. Prakah-Asante, Commerce Township, MI (US);
Basavaraj Tonshal, Northville, MI (US);
Aiswarya Kolisetty, Tamil Nadu, IN;
Hsin-Hsiang Yang, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a communication device programmed to pair with a mobile device and a processing device programmed to periodically transmit, to the mobile device, a present location signal representing a present location of the mobile device. The processing device is further programmed to detect a vehicle shutdown and transmit a final location signal to the mobile device, the final location signal representing a final location of the mobile device and a shutdown flag.