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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Keith Weston, Canton, MI (US);
John R. Van Wiemeersch, Novi, MI (US);
Brendan F. Diamond, Naples, FL (US);
Matthew J. Flis, Northville, MI (US);
Stuart C. Salter, White Lake, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle security system controls access to vehicle functions when a user triggers vehicle access while carrying a first portable wireless token. Stored attributes for the first token are retrieved from a memory which stores respective attributes for a plurality of wireless tokens. At least one of the portable wireless tokens is integrated with a portable object having a non-vehicular function. When the retrieved attributes for the first token identify the wireless token integrated with the portable object, then a security controller checks for the presence of that selected token. When the selected token integrated with the portable object is not detected, then a message is transmitted to the user indicating that the portable object integrated with the non-detected token is not present in the vehicle. The stored attributes may include a limitation wherein the access request is granted only when the presence of the selected other token is detected.