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System for assigning a smartphone as a temporary key for a vehicle

  • US 9,595,145 B2
  • Filed: 04/23/2014
  • Issued: 03/14/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of providing access to a vehicle, comprising the steps of:

  • wirelessly and electronically discovering a personal electronic device disposed outside of the vehicle;

    wirelessly instructing a remote central controller to wirelessly transmit a certificate to the personal electronic device;

    wirelessly receiving within the vehicle the certificate from the personal electronic device;

    sending the certificate received within the vehicle from the personal electronic device to the remote central controller;

    validating, at the remote central controller, that the certificate received within the vehicle from the personal electronic device matches the certificate sent to the personal electronic device by the remote central controller;

    wirelessly receiving within the vehicle validation from the remote central controller that the certificate received within the vehicle from the personal electronic device was transmitted from the remote central controller to the personal electronic device; and

    wirelessly transmitting from the vehicle to the personal electronic device an electronic key to the vehicle.

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