Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Distributed vehicle access
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Application No.: US16595791Application Date: 2019-10-08
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Publication No.: US11532062B2Publication Date: 2022-12-20
- Inventor: Pramita Mitra , Amanuel Zeryihun , James Fishelson , Eric H. Wingfield , Yifan Chen , Abhishek Sharma
- Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Applicant Address: US MI Dearborn
- Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Dearborn
- Agency: Bejin Bieneman PLC
- Agent Brandon Hicks
- Main IPC: G06Q50/30
- IPC: G06Q50/30 ; G06Q20/08 ; G06Q20/36 ; B60R25/20

Abstract:
A usage rule specifies a number of tokens to access a vehicle. Authorization of a request to access the vehicle is based on receiving the number of tokens specified by the usage rule. The request is stored to an electronic ledger. Actuation of the vehicle is based on the request being authorized. An allocation rule specifies the number of tokens allocated to each of an entity and the vehicle based on the request. Allocation of tokens to the entity and the vehicle is based on the allocation rule.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210104003A1 DISTRIBUTED VEHICLE ACCESS Public/Granted day:2021-04-08
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