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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 19, 2017
Filed:
May. 29, 2014
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Coventry, GB;
Howard Siswick, Coventry, GB;
Mohammed Khan, Coventry, GB;
Jaguar Land Rover Limited, Whitley, Coventry, GB;
Abstract
A vehicle communication system () for facilitating control over a function of a vehicle () comprises a base station () positioned in the vehicle () and a mobile communication unit (). The base station () comprises a first transmitter for transmitting a signal to the mobile communication unit and a first receiver for receiving a signal from the mobile communication unit (). The base station () is configured to receive a first request from the mobile communication unit (), wherein the first request seeks performance of a first vehicle function, determine a position of the mobile communication unit () relative to the vehicle (), compare the position of the mobile communication unit () relative to the vehicle () to a first criteria, and facilitate performance of the first vehicle function if the position of the mobile communication unit () relative to the vehicle () satisfies the first criteria.