REUSEABLE KEYFOB FOR USE PRIOR TO SALE OF KEYLESS VEHICLE.

摘要

A keyfob and related method of utilizing a keyfob prior to a sale of a new vehicle to a purchaser having a virtual keyfob are provided. The method broadly includes the steps of pairing a keyfob to a computer of the new vehicle at an assembly plant, using the keyfob to switch a mode of the new vehicle between an assembly mode and a transportation mode, and unpairing the keyfob from the computer upon pairing the computer to the virtual keyfob of the purchaser. The step of unpairing the keyfob may include providing instructions from a remote location to the computer via a wireless network, and from the computer to the virtual keyfob via a local area wireless network. The method may further include the step of re-pairing the keyfob to a computer of a second new vehicle at the first or a third location.