Accessing a vehicle using portable devices
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1. A system comprising:
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a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising;
transmitting a first communication from a vehicle to a portable computing device;
receiving, at the vehicle, a second communication in response to the first communication from the portable computing device, the second communication comprising authorization information;
determining that the authorization information is valid for the portable computing device by comparing the authorization information with an authorization code stored in memory of the vehicle and transmitting a vehicle access credential to the portable computing device, the vehicle access credential defining an access level to the vehicle; and
receiving the vehicle access credential from the portable computing device and, based on the vehicle access credential, activating the vehicle according to the access level.
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Abstract
A primary portable device can access a vehicle by transmitting an activation message including a vehicle access credential to the vehicle. The primary portable device can additionally enable a secondary portable device to access the vehicle by transmitting the vehicle access credential to the secondary portable device. The connections between the primary portable device, secondary portable device, and vehicle can be based on a short-range wireless protocol, such as Bluetooth or Bluetooth LE.
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23 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising; transmitting a first communication from a vehicle to a portable computing device; receiving, at the vehicle, a second communication in response to the first communication from the portable computing device, the second communication comprising authorization information; determining that the authorization information is valid for the portable computing device by comparing the authorization information with an authorization code stored in memory of the vehicle and transmitting a vehicle access credential to the portable computing device, the vehicle access credential defining an access level to the vehicle; and receiving the vehicle access credential from the portable computing device and, based on the vehicle access credential, activating the vehicle according to the access level. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method comprising:
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transmitting, by a processor, a first communication from a vehicle to a portable computing device; receiving, at the vehicle, by the processor, a second communication in response to the first communication from the portable computing device, the second communication comprising authorization information; determining, by the processor, that the authorization information is valid by comparing the authorization information with an authorization code stored in memory of the vehicle and transmitting a vehicle access credential to the portable computing device, the vehicle access credential defining an access level to the vehicle; and receiving, by the processor, the vehicle access credential from the portable computing device and, based on the vehicle access credential, activating the vehicle according to the access level.
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23. A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions stored thereon that, when executed by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising:
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transmitting a first communication from a vehicle to a portable computing device; receiving, at the vehicle, a second communication in response to the first communication from the portable computing device, the second communication comprising authorization information; determining that the authorization information is valid for the portable computing device by comparing the authorization information with an authorization code stored in memory of the vehicle and transmitting a vehicle access credential to the portable computing device, the vehicle access credential defining an access level to the vehicle; and receiving the vehicle access credential from the portable computing device and, based on the vehicle access credential, activating the vehicle according to the access level.
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