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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 02, 2016
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Applicant:
General Motors Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventor:
Matthew R. Mannikka, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
General Motors LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/04 (2009.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 4/046 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04W 4/04 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for determining whether a handheld communication device (HCD) is located inside a vehicle includes: receiving at a central facility a request to locate the HCD; sending a message to the vehicle with an instruction to determine if the HCD is present in the vehicle; receiving a response from the vehicle that indicates whether or not the HCD is present in the vehicle; and transmitting a message to a user of the HCD indicating whether the HCD is located inside of the vehicle.