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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 26, 2021
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2019
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Awad Alla, Novi, MI (US);
Ray C. Siciak, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Tsung-Han Tsai, Ypsilanti, MI (US);
Dhanunjay Vejalla, Novi, MI (US);
Bo Wu, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A method including determining a status of a power supply of a first telematics control unit (TCU) as one of active or inactive, the first TCU programmed to communicate with a server via a network, determining a status of a second TCU in communication with the first TCU via a vehicle network, the second TCU is programmed to communicate with the server via the network, and determining a risk condition based on the statuses of the power supply and the second TCU. The risk condition is a measure of severity of an inactive status.