Patent ID: 8811900

Claim:
A method for pairing a mobile communication device to a vehicle comprising the steps of: opening a first application of the mobile communication device, the mobile communication device in an initially unpaired state with respect to the vehicle; determining whether a short-range communication capability of the mobile communication device is inactive; activating said short-range communication capability of the mobile device without user intervention in response to a determination that said short-range communication capability of the mobile device is inactive; determining whether the mobile communication device is in a discovery mode; and initiating said discovery mode in the mobile communication device without user intervention in response to a determination that the mobile communication device is not in discovery mode; receiving, while in the discovery mode, a first code without manual entry by the user, the first code unknown to the mobile communication device prior to initiating the discovery mode; automatically initiating a transfer of an encrypted key between the mobile communication device and the vehicle, the encrypted key based on the first code; and automatically pairing said mobile communication device and said vehicle based on the encrypted key using a short-range communication protocol.