Patent ID: 11945403
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 15:
16. A vehicle implementing a progressive lockout, comprising:
a controller having a hardware processor, programmed to:
increment a first lockout counter responsive to occurrence of a first failed access attempt using a first access modality;
prevent further authentication attempts to the vehicle using the first access modality for a first predefined duration responsive to the first lockout counter reaching a first predefined value;
increment a second lockout counter responsive to occurrence of a second failed access attempt using a second access modality;
prevent further authentication attempts to the vehicle using the second access modality for a second predefined duration responsive to the second lockout counter reaching a second predefined value; and
prevent further authentication attempts to the vehicle using the first access modality for a third predefined duration responsive to the first lockout counter reaching a third predefined value, the third predefined duration being greater than the first predefined duration, the third predefined value being greater than the first predefined value.