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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 23, 2017
Filed:
Nov. 24, 2014
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventors:
Thomas Nelson, Plymouth, MI (US);
David Anthony Hatton, Berkley, MI (US);
Hussein F. Nasrallah, Dearborn Heights, MI (US);
Assignee:
FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/24 (2013.01); H04W 4/00 (2009.01); H04B 1/3822 (2015.01); B60R 16/023 (2006.01); B60R 16/037 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B60R 25/241 (2013.01); B60R 16/023 (2013.01); H04B 1/3822 (2013.01); H04W 4/008 (2013.01); B60R 16/037 (2013.01);
Abstract
A smartwatch having at least one controller in communication with an user interface and a transceiver. The transceiver configured to communicate with a nomadic device. The at least one controller configured to, in response to a wireless signal having a unique user identifier received at the nomadic device, receive a control function from an application corresponding to the unique user identifier. The at least one controller may be further configured to configure the user interface based on the control function.