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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 02, 2017
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Jonathan Diedrich, Carleton, MI (US);
John Moore, Canton, MI (US);
Bradley Smith, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computing device can be programmed to, upon determining that a location of a vehicle is within a set of boundaries associated with a wireless network and that a user device is authenticated to the network, authorize the user device to control the vehicle. The computing device can be further programmed to, upon determining that the vehicle is not within the boundaries, authorize the user device to control the vehicle based on transmitting an authentication credential to a server and receiving an authorization certificate.