Mobile device charging from a vehicle based on communal association

A vehicle for providing wireless charging to a mobile wireless device outside of the vehicle, comprising:

• a perimeter interface responsive to a request action by a person outside the vehicle to initiate charging of the mobile wireless device;
• a wireless power transmitter configured to remotely charge the mobile wireless device;
• a wireless transceiver configured to provide a wireless communication link with the mobile wireless device;
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• a controller coupled to the perimeter interface, the wireless power transmitter, and the wireless transceiver, wherein the controller is configured to respond to the request action detected by the perimeter interface by (A) attempting one or more times to communicate with the mobile wireless device until a link is established, (B) before the link is established, then activating the wireless power transmitter to remotely charge the mobile wireless device, (C) when the link is established and while the wireless power transmitter remotely charges the mobile wireless device, then determining whether the mobile wireless device corresponds to a pre-established communal group, and (D) deactivating the wireless power transmitter when the mobile wireless device does not correspond to a pre-established communal group.