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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 22, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2018
Applicant:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Shingo Sugimoto, Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); G06Q 20/32 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G06Q 20/3224 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02);
Abstract
Systems and methods described herein relate to remotely activating a vehicle. One embodiment receives transaction information regarding an electronic payment; associates the transaction information with a vehicle; determines that the vehicle is within a predetermined distance from a business where the electronic payment was transacted; and transmits, to the vehicle, a remote activation command that activates one or more subsystems of the vehicle.