Patent ID: 11919476
Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 12:
13. A method of responding to a detection of a vehicle key fob in a parked vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:
upon detecting that a vehicle is parked, based on data from at least one of a sensor and a component in the vehicle, determining a location of the vehicle;
upon detecting that a vehicle operator has exited the vehicle, based on the data from at least one of a sensor and a component in the vehicle, determine if a key fob is in the vehicle; and
upon detecting that the key fob is in the vehicle, and based on the location of the vehicle, scheduling a message to a user device; wherein scheduling the message includes determining whether to schedule the message according to a timing of the message based on a type of the location, including determining whether to not send the message based upon the type of the location.