Patent ID: 9240019
Filing Date: 2016-01-19
CPC Classification: B60K,B60R,B60W,G01C,G01S,G02B,G06F,G06K,G06N,G06Q,G06T,G07C,G08C,G08G,H04L,H04N,H04W

Claim Text:
1. A system to associate a stand-alone computing device and a vehicle comprising: a vehicle comprising: a head unit; the stand-alone computing device selectively interconnected to the head unit; an additional console display; wherein one or more of the vehicle and the stand-alone computing device are adapted to determine if the stand-alone computing device is docked with the vehicle and then, if not docked, to determine if the stand-alone computing device is in the vehicle; a tracking module, executed by the stand-alone computing device, programmed to determine a stand-alone computing device identifier for the stand-alone computing device to be associated with the vehicle; if the stand-alone device is not in the vehicle, a location module, executed by the stand-alone device, programmed to: initiate a locator routine to determine a location of the stand-alone computing device outside of the vehicle; transmitting stand-alone computing device location information, from the stand-alone computing device to the vehicle, about the location of the stand-alone computing device; and one or more of the additional console display and a communications device that provides the stand-alone computing device location information to a user of the vehicle.