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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 17, 2020
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
David Anthony Hatton, Berkley, MI (US);
Anthony Gerald King, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G08B 21/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 16/037 (2013.01); B60K 2370/55 (2019.05); B60K 2370/56 (2019.05); G07C 5/0825 (2013.01); G07C 5/0833 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented remote starting method includes instructing the remote start of a vehicle using a wireless device. The method also includes inputting, to the wireless device, a desired vehicle interior temperature. The method further includes sending a remote start instruction to a vehicle from the wireless device, including at least the desired temperature and monitoring a current temperature of the vehicle. The method additionally includes outputting, on the wireless device, the current vehicle temperature.