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Method for locating a vehicle

  • US 9,562,769 B2
  • Filed: 09/24/2013
  • Issued: 02/07/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A computer-implemented method for locating a parked vehicle, comprising:

  • communicating, by a mobile device, with a wireless beacon associated with a beacon location;

    periodically retrieving current location coordinates, via a GPS receiver, for the current location of said GPS receiver and relaying the current location coordinates to said mobile device;

    storing in a computer-readable medium, associated with said mobile device, the current location coordinates as the beacon location upon either losing connection to the wireless beacon or detecting, via said mobile device, a loss of power to said mobile device from a power supply of said vehicle; and

    displaying an indicator on a display pointing in the direction of the beacon location from the current location.

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