Method and apparatus for tracking device connection and state change
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorRyan Robert Dauzet
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Abstract
A system includes a processor configured to determine if a vehicle computing system (VCS) has been placed in a monitoring mode. The processor is also configured to detect and log the connection or disconnection of any remote devices. The processor is further configured to flag logs if the VCS is in a monitoring mode. Also, the processor is configured to detect the presence of a known vehicle driver or the termination of the monitoring mode and report any flagged logs upon known driver detection or monitoring mode termination.
Claims17
A system comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- determine if a vehicle computing system (VCS) is in a monitoring mode;
- detect and log any remote-device connection or disconnection;
- flag the logs for upload;
- detect a known driver or the monitoring-mode termination;
- and
- report the flagged logs upon known driver detection or monitoring-mode termination, including remote-server connection detection and flagged log upload to the remote-server upon connection detection.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- determining if a vehicle computing system (VCS) is in a monitoring-mode;
- detecting and logging any remote-device connection or disconnection;
- flagging the logs for upload;
- detecting a known driver or monitoring-mode termination;
- and
- reporting the flagged logs upon known driver detection or monitoring-mode termination, including detecting a remote-server connection and uploading the flagged log to the remote-server upon connection detection.
A non-transitory computer readable storage medium, storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform a method comprising:
- determining if a vehicle computing system (VCS) is in a monitoring-mode;
- detecting and logging any remote device connection or disconnection;
- flagging the logs for upload;
- detecting a known driver or the monitoring-mode termination;
- and
- reporting the flagged logs upon known driver detection or monitoring-mode termination, including detecting a remote-server connection and uploading the flagged log to the remote-server upon connection detection.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.