US Patent 7607014 Authenticating maintenance access to an electronics unit via wireless communication

A maintenance control system comprises at least one electronics unit including a first wireless communicator, a second wireless communicator configured for association with an individual, and an authentication manager. The authentication manager authenticates access to the at least one electronics unit via wireless communication between the first wireless communicator and the second wireless communicator regarding a maintenance identifier stored within a memory of at least one of the first wireless communicator and the second wireless communicator.