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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2023
Filed:
Jan. 24, 2020
Thor Tech, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Ciprian R. Sandu, Coppell, TX (US);
Jason T. Kriesel, Grand Prairie, TX (US);
McKay R. Featherstone, Tipp City, OH (US);
Edward Brady, Delaware, OH (US);
Steven Hileman, Coldwater, OH (US);
Thor Tech, Inc., Elkhart, IN (US);
Abstract
Control methods and systems including a smart vehicle, a smart mobile device including a processor, a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, and machine readable instructions stored in the memory that may cause a system to perform at least the following when executed by the processor: use a software application tool of the smart mobile device to automatically control and monitor functionality of an internet of things (IOT) environment of the smart vehicle and to identify the smart vehicle type; autopopulate the software application tool with dynamic checklists based on the smart vehicle details; and utilize and/or modify the dynamic checklists during vehicle preparation, travel, and/or servicing based on dynamic IOT control features.