Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Efficient tracking of personal device locations
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Application No.: US14842082Application Date: 2015-09-01
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Publication No.: US09967717B2Publication Date: 2018-05-08
- Inventor: Pietro Buttolo , James Stewart Rankin, II , Stephen Ronald Tokish , Stuart C. Salter , Gary Steven Strumolo
- 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: Brooks Kushman P.C.
- Agent Jennifer M. Stec
- Main IPC: H04W4/04
- IPC: H04W4/04 ; H04W68/00

Abstract:
A system may include zones associated with respective seating positions of a vehicle and in-vehicle components each associated with at least one of the zones. An in-vehicle component may identify a personal device associated with the zone of the in-vehicle component by identifying a personal device associated with the zone of the in-vehicle component by determining average signal strength between the personal device and the in-vehicle components of each zone, and identifying for which zone the average signal strength is highest, and sending a notification to the personal device responsive to a detected user interaction. A method may include detecting user interaction to an in-vehicle component of a zone; acquiring signal strength intensity information of personal devices from other in-vehicle components of the zone; calculating average signal strengths of the personal devices to the in-vehicle components; associating one of the personal devices to the zone as having a highest average signal strength to the in-vehicle components of the zone; and sending a notification to the one of the personal devices.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170064516A1 EFFICIENT TRACKING OF PERSONAL DEVICE LOCATIONS Public/Granted day:2017-03-02
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