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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 28, 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:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04M 3/42 (2006.01); H04M 1/60 (2006.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M 3/42348 (2013.01); H04L 67/12 (2013.01); H04L 67/125 (2013.01); H04M 1/6091 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); H04L 67/306 (2013.01);
Abstract
A controller may send a user-identification request to connected nomadic devices requesting each of the devices to provide an interface to receive user input regarding which device is a driver nomadic device; determine a driver nomadic device based on at least one user-identification response received from the devices responsive to the input; and integrate the connected devices with the controller accounting for which device is the driver nomadic device.