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Method and device for external operation of a device

  • US 10,306,046 B2
  • Filed: 10/17/2016
  • Issued: 05/28/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/16/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for external use of a device having a wireless communication interface by a program of a mobile device, the method comprising:

  • detecting when a key device serving as an authentication token communicates with the program of the mobile device; and

    enabling the external use of the device to be controlled by the mobile device only when the key device is communicating with the program of the mobile device,wherein the external use is enabled only while a dead man function of the key device remains activated,wherein the key device is a vehicle key and the device is a vehicle, andwherein the dead man function is a switch on the key device.

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