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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 21, 2023
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2018
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
Andrew Thomas Cunningham, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Joshua Sharpe, Birmingham, MI (US);
Charles Richard Drake, Northville, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to detect a vehicle key and display a key identification on a vehicle display. The processor is also configured to receive a request to export vehicle system and state settings to a key memory. The processor is further configured to access a plurality of predefined settings, designated as key-storable settings, from a vehicle CAN bus, responsive to the request, and transmit the predefined settings to the key, including instructions to store the settings to the key memory.