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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.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 25, 2020

Filed:

Sep. 04, 2015
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Perry Robinson MacNeille, Lathrup Village, MI (US);

Dehua Cui, Northville, MI (US);

Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, West Bloomfield, MI (US);

David Allen Kowalski, Toledo, OH (US);

Omar Makke, Lyon Township, MI (US);

Cynthia M. Neubecker, Westland, MI (US);

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/00 (2018.01); H04W 4/46 (2018.01); H04W 8/18 (2009.01); H04W 8/00 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); H04W 4/12 (2009.01); H04W 16/20 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/46 (2018.02); H04L 67/16 (2013.01); H04W 8/005 (2013.01); H04W 8/18 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02); H04L 67/10 (2013.01); H04W 4/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 8/186 (2013.01); H04W 16/20 (2013.01);
Abstract

A system for a vehicle includes a controller programmed to, in response to discovering, without an already established connection with a remote vehicle, a service broadcasted by the remote vehicle indicating that cellular communication with the remote vehicle is available, confirm that the service is a subscribed-to service, and upon receiving input to invoke the subscribed-to service, contact the remote vehicle using the subscribed-to service.


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