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Date of Patent:
Nov. 22, 2016

Filed:

Oct. 29, 2013
Applicants:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Audi Ag, Ingolstadt, DE;

Inventors:

Sinan Akay, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Megan McClain, San Francisco, CA (US);

Florian Rill, Braunschweig, DE;

Tobias Steiner, Mountain View, CA (US);

Assignees:

Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, Wolfsburg, DE;

Audi AG, Ingolstadt, DE;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G07C 9/00 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/01 (2013.01); B60R 25/24 (2013.01); G07C 9/00111 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01); B60R 2325/101 (2013.01); B60R 2325/205 (2013.01);
Abstract

A vehicle system for activating at least one vehicle component to provide access to a vehicle. A first receiver is operative to obtain a wireless signal at least comprising first identification data of an electronic device; a memory device storing at least second identification data; at least a second receiver being operative to check the presence of a matching vehicle access key, and the at least second receiver being operative to check the presence of a matching vehicle access key if the first identification data match the at least second identification data.


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