Patent ID: 9078200
Filing Date: 2015-07-07
Classification: H04W

Abstract:
1. A method for connecting a personal mobile device to a vehicle communication unit, comprising the steps of: (a) in response to a vehicle trigger, monitoring for a signal indicative of a personal mobile device being located at a vehicle; (b) detecting the presence of a personal mobile device in response to the monitoring; (c) checking if an identifier associated with the personal mobile device has an associated counter indicating that a connection to the personal mobile device had been rejected one or more times by a user of the vehicle; (d) determining either that no said counter is present or that the counter has reached a reset value; (e) in response to the determination in step (d), requesting permission from the user of the vehicle to connect the personal mobile device to the vehicle communication unit; (f) obtaining permission to connect the personal mobile device; and thereafter (g) establishing short range wireless communication between the personal mobile device and the vehicle communication unit;