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US 10,308,217 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for secure pairing
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsJoseph Paul Rork, Matthew Atwood Whitaker
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to receive a request from a mobile device to utilize a vehicle resource. The processor is also configured to determine that a first key has been used to start a vehicle a first time. The processor is further configured to determine that a second key has been used to start the vehicle a second time and approve the request based on the determination that both the first key and the second key were used to start the vehicle a first time and a second time respectively.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- receive a request from a mobile device to utilize a vehicle resource and responsively generate a user-instruction to start a vehicle using a first key immediately followed by starting the vehicle using a second key;
- determine compliance with the generated user-instruction;
- and
- approve the request if both the first key and the second key were used to start the vehicle the first time and the second time, respectively.
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A computer-implemented method comprising:
- in response to a request received by a vehicle processor from a mobile device, generating an instruction for a user to start a vehicle first using a first key and then again using a second key;
- and
- providing access to a vehicle resource by the vehicle processor if the vehicle has been started in accordance with the instruction, and if the first and second starts meet predetermined criteria.
A system comprising:
- a mobile device processor configured to:
- transmit a request to a vehicle processor to utilize a vehicle resource;
- control a user interface to display instructions for starting a vehicle a first time using a first key and a second time using a second key;
- and
- receive authorization to access the vehicle resource from the vehicle processor based on the vehicle previously being started with the first key the first time and the second key the second time, the first and second times meeting a predetermined vehicle criteria.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.