Cross correlation between connected vehicles and other online devices

• US 10,011,248 B1
• Filed: 12/26/2017
• Issued: 07/03/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Inventors: Allouche, Yair, Margalit, Oded, Sagy, Ravid
• Primary Examiner(s): Backer, Firmin
• Assistant Examiner(s): Akki, Munear
• Application Number:
  US15/854,258
• Time in Patent Office: 189 Days
• Field of Search: 34042612, 340988, 34099528, 340441, 340936, 4554042, 455418, 701119, 701117, 701301
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/01 operating on vehicle systems or fittings, e.g. on doors, seats or windscreens
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/102 a signal being sent to a remote location, e.g. a radio signal being transmitted to a police station, a security company or the owner
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/32 of vehicle dynamic parameters, e.g. speed or acceleration

Abstract

Embodiments of the present invention disclose a method, computer system, and a computer program product for vehicle software security associated with a vehicle. The present invention may include collecting vehicle data from the vehicle. The present invention may also include collecting mobile device data from an authorized mobile device associated with an authorized operator. The present invention may then include comparing the collected vehicle data with the collected mobile device data. The present invention may further include determining that the collected vehicle data does not match the collected mobile device data. The present invention may include also sending an alert message to a security control application based on determining that the collected vehicle data does not match the collected mobile device data.

Claims

1. A method for vehicle software security associated with a vehicle, the method comprising:

collecting vehicle data from the vehicle, wherein the vehicle data includes a vehicle speed, a vehicle acceleration, a vehicle movement direction, and a vehicle altitude;

collecting mobile device data from an authorized mobile device associated with an authorized operator, wherein the mobile device data includes a device speed, a device acceleration, a device movement direction, and a device altitude;

comparing the collected vehicle data with the collected mobile device data, wherein comparing the collected vehicle data with the collected mobile device data comprises comparing the vehicle speed with the device speed, comparing the vehicle acceleration with the device acceleration, comparing the vehicle movement direction with the device movement direction, and comparing the vehicle altitude with the device altitude;

determining that the collected vehicle data does not match the collected mobile device data;

in response to determining that the collected vehicle data does not match the collected mobile device data, determining that the authorized mobile device is not connected to the vehicle, wherein determining that the authorized mobile device is not connected to the vehicle comprises determining that a device identifier associated with the authorized mobile device does not match a connected device identifier associated with at least one device connected to the vehicle;

sending a theft alert message to the authorized mobile device based on determining that the authorized mobile device is not connected to the vehicle, wherein the sent theft alert message comprises prompting the authorized operator with a first option to disable the vehicle, a second option to activate a vehicle horn associated with the vehicle, and a third option to activate a vehicle alarm associated with the vehicle;

receiving, from the authorized operator, a selected option based on the sent theft alert message, wherein the selected option is the first option, the second option, or the third option; and

performing the selected option received from the authorized operator.