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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 01, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 03, 2011
Applicants:
Mark Schunder, Dearborn, MI (US);
Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Inventors:
Mark Schunder, Dearborn, MI (US);
Krishnaswamy Venkatesh Prasad, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G08B 21/04 (2006.01); B60W 40/08 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 19/322 (2013.01); G08B 21/0453 (2013.01); B60W 40/08 (2013.01); G06F 19/3418 (2013.01); G06F 19/3431 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method includes determining a user account associated with a vehicle occupant. The method also includes detecting the presence of at least one active monitoring device. The method further includes determining an association between the active monitoring device and the user account and periodically downloading device information from the active monitoring device to a vehicle computing system. Finally, the method includes storing downloaded device information in association with the user account.