Patent ID: 9402174
Filing Date: 2016-07-26
CPC Classification: G07B,G07C,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A method, comprising: receiving, by a network device, customer input associating a plurality of media access control (MAC) addresses of portable devices with driver identifiers; storing, by the network device and in a memory, the MAC addresses associated with the driver identifiers; receiving, by the network device and from a vehicle telematics unit, a vehicle identifier of a vehicle connected to the vehicle telematics unit; receiving, by the network device and from the vehicle telematics unit, a MAC address of a particular portable device; associating, by the network device and based on the MAC address of the particular portable device, a particular driver identifier and the vehicle identifier; receiving, by the network device and from the vehicle telematics unit, a signal indicating that the particular portable device is no longer discoverable by the vehicle telematics unit; and disassociating, by the network device and in response to receiving the signal, the particular vehicle driver and the vehicle identifier.