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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Joel J. Fischer, Royal Oak, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04B 7/00 (2006.01); H04W 76/02 (2009.01); G06F 3/0488 (2013.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); B60K 37/00 (2006.01); H04M 1/725 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 76/023 (2013.01); B60K 37/00 (2013.01); G06F 3/04883 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04M 1/6075 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04M 1/7253 (2013.01);
Abstract
A vehicle may be configured to prompt for a gesture-based identifying action, the action to be performed via moving a device, thereby identifying the device for association as the driver device; identify movement of the device in accordance with the gesture-based identifying action; and associate the device, moved in accordance with the gesture-based identifying action, as the driver device.