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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2022
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2020
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Jochen Schubert, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Tom Nelson, Plymouth, MI (US);
Michael Andrew Simons, Redford, MI (US);
Ali Hassani, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Hamid Golgiri, Livonia, MI (US);
John Robert Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
The present disclosure relates to aspects of authenticating a mobile device and providing a vehicle access key thereto when a previously registered mobile device is not accessible. In one aspect of the present disclosure, a method includes requesting at a first mobile device, access to a profile associated with controlling operations of a vehicle, the profile having stored thereon an access key for operating the vehicle, the access key having been previously installed on a second mobile device. The method further includes upon successful authorization, receiving the access key at the first device and operating the vehicle using the access key on the first mobile device.