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US 2019/0174396 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for wireless communication suppression
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsOliver Lei, Allen R. Murray
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Abstract
A system comprises a processor configured to detect wireless device communication originating from a mobile device. The processor is also configured to determine that the mobile device is within a vehicle interior. The processor is further configured to instruct the mobile device to suppress communication designed to communicate device information to vehicles.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- detect wireless device communication originating from a mobile device;
- determine that the mobile device is within a vehicle interior;
- and
- instruct the mobile device to suppress communication designed to communicate device information to vehicles.
2 more elements
A system comprising:
- a mobile device processor configured to:
- communicate device information to vehicles, at least under predefined conditions;
- receive an instruction from a vehicle to suppress communication of device information to vehicles;
- and
- responsive to the instruction, suppress communication of device information to vehicles until a resumption constraint is satisfied.
2 more elements
A computer-implemented method, executed by a vehicle computer, comprising:
- detecting a mobile device, within a vehicle interior, communicating a signal designed to provide mobile device information to a plurality of vehicles;
- and
- responsive to detecting the mobile device within the vehicle interior, instructing the mobile device to suppress the signal.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.