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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 15, 2021
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Aaron Matthew DeLong, Toledo, OH (US);
Eugene Karpinsky, Farmington Hills, MI (US);
Cameron Smyth, Wyandotte, MI (US);
Timothy Thivierge, Jr., Carleton, MI (US);
Daniel M. King, Northville, MI (US);
Kevin Thomas Hille, Plymouth, MI (US);
Farhan Ehsan, Lasalle, CA;
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Santosh Kumar Lalwani, Dearborn, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Exemplary embodiments described in this disclosure are generally directed to systems and methods for securely creating passwords for performing various keyless operations upon a vehicle. In an exemplary method, a computer receives a request for creating a password for a phone-as-a-key (PaaK) device. The computer determines that the PaaK device is present inside the vehicle and that the vehicle engine has been placed in an accessory state or a run state by an authorized PaaK device located in the vehicle. The computer further determines that a passive entry passive start (PEPS) key fob is present inside the vehicle. A prompt is provided for entry of a password. The computer checks to determine if an entered password has been already assigned to another PaaK device. If unassigned, the computer links the password to the PaaK device and authorizes the entered password as a valid keyless starting password for the vehicle.