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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 19, 2016
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2014
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Robert Bruce Kleve, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Thomas Lee Miller, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
Maria Eugenia Protopapas, Canton, MI (US);
Scott Alan Watkins, Canton, MI (US);
Eric L. Reed, Livonia, MI (US);
Jon Holt, Howell, MI (US);
Brian Bennie, Sterling Heights, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
Exemplary methods and vehicles are disclosed. Exemplary methods may include determining that a vehicle is a fleet vehicle, establishing a presence of a configuration bit indicating the vehicle is a fleet vehicle, receiving an indication of a conclusion of a vehicle usage session as a fleet vehicle, and resetting a plurality of user-adjustable vehicle parameters to a default setting in response to the conclusion of the vehicle usage. Other exemplary methods may include installing a configuration bit into a vehicle, which indicates that the vehicle is a fleet vehicle, and providing a processor for the vehicle. The processor may be configured to reset a plurality of user-adjustable vehicle parameters to a default setting in response to the configuration bit and an indication of a conclusion of a vehicle usage associated with the vehicle.