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Anticipatory vehicle state management

  • US 10,377,346 B2
  • Filed: 05/16/2017
  • Issued: 08/13/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing one or more vehicle functions at a vehicle, the method comprising:

  • when the vehicle is in a powered off state, periodically scanning for short-range wireless communication (SRWC) devices using a SRWC chipset and, as a result of the scanning, receiving a connection request from a mobile device;

    in response to receiving the connection request from the mobile device, establishing a SRWC connection with the mobile device using the SRWC chipset;

    after establishing the SRWC connection, authorizing the mobile device to access one or more vehicle functions;

    after the mobile device is authorized, performing an initialization suite of operations, wherein the initialization suite of operations includes initializing at least one vehicle system module, and wherein the initialization suite of operations is performed in response to a predictive user determination indicative of an imminent user interaction with the vehicle, wherein the user interaction comprises at least one of the following;

    user approach to the vehicle, user operation of the vehicle, or user access to the vehicle; and

    executing the initialization suite of operations at the vehicle;

    wherein the method further comprises receiving a second connection request from another wireless device, detecting that the wireless device is attempting to obtain unauthorized access to the vehicle and, in response to the detection, wirelessly sending a notification of the unauthorized attempt to a remote device.

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