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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2017
Filed:
Jan. 19, 2015
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Doron M. Elliott, Detroit, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G01M 17/00 (2006.01); G06F 19/00 (2011.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/028 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01);
Abstract
A computer-implemented method, executable by a vehicle computing system (VCS), includes determining that a connection between a wireless device and a VCS has been lost. The method further includes determining if a driver is present in the vehicle, upon a lost link detection. The method additionally includes waiting until an enter-event occurs and then attempting to re-establish a connection between the wireless device and the VCS. This last step may be conditional upon a determination that a driver is not present.