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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Jan. 22, 2024
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Sathyanarayana Chary Palakonda, Northville, MI (US);
Ivan Vukovic, Birmingham, MI (US);
Jeffrey Wallat, Bloomfield Hills, MI (US);
Jean De Dieu Mutangana, Detroit, MI (US);
Lisa Gentile, Ave Maria, FL (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A vehicle system includes a first communication device, a plurality of second communication devices, and a controller. The first communication device is configured to communicate using a first wireless communication method. The plurality of second communication devices are configured to communicate using a second wireless communication method and are disposed at two or more known locations along a vehicle. The controller is configured to define a communication schedule identifying a designated communication session for a portable device (PD) to communicate via the second wireless communication method, provide, via the first communication device to the PD, data indicative of a designated communication session of the communication schedule for the PD to communicate via the second wireless communication method, and store a location of the PD in response to detecting the location of the PD based on a message provided by the plurality of second communication devices at the designated communication session.