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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 17, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 16, 2020
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Stephen Coe, Ariss, CA;
Joseph Wisniewski, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Jennifer Ariane Shepherd Moore, Northville, MI (US);
Pavankumar Surabathula, Northville, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.01); H04W 76/19 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/14 (2018.02); H04W 76/19 (2018.02);
Abstract
Responsive to detection of a personal device, a closest one of a plurality of HMIs to the personal device is identified. Responsive to an address store including a hardware address of the personal device, the configurable hardware address of the closest one of the plurality of HMIs is updated to be a HMI hardware address mapped to the personal device hardware address. The personal device is then able to reconnect to the closest one of the plurality of HMIs.