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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Feb. 10, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 11, 2012
Applicant:

Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);

Inventors:

Brian Petersen, Ferndale, MI (US);

Kelly Lee Zechel, Plymouth, MI (US);

Ritesh Pandya, Rochester Hills, MI (US);

Michael Kruntovski, Windsor, CA;

Assignee:

Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 17/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 17/00 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle system providing a temporary validation authorization request for one or more processors configured to transmit a signal from the vehicle system to a server once the one or more processors are installed in the vehicle. Once the server receives the installation signal, the processor may receive an in-vehicle authorization message from the server. The in-vehicle authorization message may be accepted by a user-input acceptance transmitted to the server. The system may determine temporary validation authorization if it is determined that the user accepted the in-vehicle authorization message within a predetermined amount of time following transmission of the signal to the server indicating that the processor was installed. Once authorized, the system may initialize to allow for assembly line testing. The temporary validation authorization initializes the vehicle system for temporary communication with the server while on a vehicle manufacturing assembly line for testing to ensure a quality product.


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