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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 09, 2018
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Aaron Matthew DeLong, Toledo, OH (US);
Vivekanandh Elangovan, Canton, MI (US);
Kevin Thomas Hille, Plymouth, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); B60R 2325/103 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system includes a vehicle, a first passive Near-Field Communication (NFC) device, and a first mobile device communicatively coupled to the vehicle and including a digital vehicle key. The first mobile device distributes the digital vehicle key to the first passive NFC device and informs the vehicle an instance in which the mobile device has distributed the digital vehicle key to the first passive NFC device.