Vehicle authorization management
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsRyan Edwin Hanson, Ali Hassani, John Robert Van Wiemeersch
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Abstract
A computer includes a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to receive an instruction to revoke an authorization for an operator to operate a vehicle; after receiving the instruction, permit the operator to operate the vehicle until the vehicle is turned off and a condition is met; and upon the vehicle being off and the condition being met, prevent the operator from operating the vehicle. The condition depends on a status of the vehicle.
Claims21
A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive an instruction to revoke an authorization for an operator to operate a vehicle;
- after receiving the instruction, permit the operator to operate the vehicle until the operator manually switches off an ignition of the vehicle and a condition is met, the condition depending on a status of the vehicle;
- upon the ignition being switched off by the operator and the condition being met, prevent the operator from operating the vehicle;
- and
- upon receiving an input from the operator, prevent the operator from operating the vehicle.
A system comprising:
- a server remote from a vehicle programmed to:
- at a prespecified time, transmit an instruction to the vehicle to revoke an authorization for an operator to operate the vehicle;
- after the prespecified time, upon receiving an input including a second prespecified time, transmit an instruction to the vehicle to reinstate the authorization of the operator to operate the vehicle;
- and
- at the second prespecified time, transmit a second instruction to the vehicle to revoke the authorization;
- and
- a computer programmed to:
- after receiving the instruction from the server, permit the operator to operate the vehicle until the operator manually switches off an ignition of the vehicle and a condition is met, the condition depending on a status of the vehicle;
- and
- upon the ignition being switched off by the operator and the condition being met, prevent the operator from operating the vehicle.
A method comprising:
- receiving an instruction to revoke an authorization for an operator to operate a vehicle;
- after receiving the instruction, permitting the operator to operate the vehicle until the operator manually switches off an ignition of the vehicle and a condition is met, the condition depending on a status of the vehicle;
- upon the ignition being switched off by the operator and the condition being met, preventing the operator from operating the vehicle;
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- upon receiving an input from the operator, preventing the operator from operating the vehicle.
A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive an instruction to revoke an authorization for an operator to operate a vehicle;
- after receiving the instruction, permit the operator to operate the vehicle until the operator manually switches off an ignition of the vehicle and a condition is met, the condition depending on a status of the vehicle, the condition including an expiration of a timer;
- upon the ignition being switched off by the operator and the condition being met, prevent the operator from operating the vehicle;
- start the timer upon the operator leaving a predesignated area around the vehicle;
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- reset the timer upon the operator entering the predesignated area.
A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive an instruction to revoke an authorization for an operator to operate a vehicle;
- after receiving the instruction, permit the operator to operate the vehicle until the operator manually switches off an ignition of the vehicle and a condition is met, the condition depending on a status of the vehicle, the condition including a number of starts of the vehicle;
- and
- upon the ignition being switched off by the operator and the condition being met, prevent the operator from operating the vehicle.
A computer comprising a processor and a memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
- receive an instruction to revoke an authorization for an operator to operate a vehicle;
- after receiving the instruction, permit the operator to operate the vehicle until the operator manually switches off an ignition of the vehicle and a condition is met, the condition depending on a status of the vehicle;
- upon the ignition being switched off by the operator and the condition being met, prevent the operator from operating the vehicle;
- and
- after receiving an instruction to reinstate the authorization for the operator to operate the vehicle, permit the operator to operate the vehicle after the condition is met.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.