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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 26, 2012
Douglas S Moeller, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Douglas S Moeller, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Autoner Mobile, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a valet mode for a vehicle comprises: providing a mobile router in the vehicle; operating the mobile router to substantially continuously determine the current location of the vehicle; providing a valet application program to a wireless device; utilizing the valet application program to program the wireless device to provide a valet user interface; utilizing the valet user interface to activate and deactivate a valet mode at the mobile router; operating the mobile router such that when the valet mode is activated, the mobile router activates a predetermined a boundary of predetermined radius about the current location of the vehicle; automatically operating the mobile router when the valet mode is activated to detect if the boundary is exceeded; and operating the mobile router to automatically cause a notification to be sent to the wireless device upon the router detecting that the vehicle exceeds the boundary.