Mobile device enabled tiered data exchange via a vehicle

• US 10,021,105 B2
• Filed: 10/29/2015
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Arasavelli, Yehoshuva, Chien, Ginger Li
• Primary Examiner(s): Sholeman, Abu
• Application Number:
  US14/927,461
• Publication Number:
  US 20160050208A1
• Time in Patent Office: 985 Days
• Field of Search: 726 29, 726 1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/30 Profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A mobile device enabled tiered data exchange via a vehicle is disclosed. A mobile device can access profile information related to a tiered-data sharing profile. The tiered-data sharing profile can associate data with a sharing tier designating security, privacy, or authorization constraints on sharing the associated data. A sharing tier can further designate obfuscation of the data as a constraint on sharing the data. The mobile device can enable access to the data subject to the constraints of the tiered-data sharing profile. In an embodiment, tiered data can be shared from the mobile device to an external service device via vehicle device. In another embodiment, tiered data can be shared from the mobile device to a service device of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a processor; and

a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising;

determining a representation of content information that is encrypted according to a key value to enable secured sharing of the representation of the content information with a service device located proximate to both a vehicle and the mobile device, wherein the representation of the content information and the key value are together employable by the service device to decrypt the representation of the content information to determine account information; and

facilitating access, for the service device via a device of the vehicle, to the representation of the content information to enable sharing of the representation of the content information between the vehicle and the service device via a wireless interface.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the key value is separately provided by the mobile device to the service device.

3. The mobile device of claim 2, wherein the key value is provided in response to an input determined to be associated with a user identity.

4. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the input is received in response to receiving, by the mobile device, a query for the key value from the service device.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the representation is an electronic representation and the sharing via the wireless interface is via a radio frequency wireless interface of the vehicle.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the sharing via the wireless interface is via an infrared wireless interface of the vehicle.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the representation is a tonal representation and the sharing via the wireless interface comprises the mobile device initiating generation of an audio signal by the vehicle.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, wherein the initiating the generation of the audio signal comprises determining the vehicle comprises an audio system comprising a speaker device.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the representation is an visual representation and the sharing via the wireless interface comprises the mobile device initiating generation of an image via an image display device of the vehicle.

10. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the initiating the generation of the image comprises initiating the generation of a bar code image.

11. The mobile device of claim 9, wherein the initiating the generation of the image comprises initiating the generation of a matrix bar code image.

12. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the sharing via the wireless interface comprises the mobile device initiating generation of an optical signal by the vehicle.

13. The mobile device of claim 12, wherein the initiating the generation of the optical signal comprises instructing the vehicle to pulse a headlight as part of the generation of the optical signal.

14. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the service device is distinct from the vehicle and mobile device, and is located proximate to the vehicle.

15. A method, comprising:

determining, by a user equipment comprising a processor, a representation of content information to enable secured sharing of the representation of the content information with a service device located proximate to both a vehicle and a mobile device, wherein the representation comprises a hash of the content information and a key value, and wherein the representation of the content information and the key value are together employable by the service device to determine account information by reversing the hash; and

facilitating, by the user equipment, access by the service device to the representation of the content information, via a device of the vehicle, to enable sharing of the representation of the content information with the service device.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising receiving, by the user equipment, an external input related to authorizing the facilitating the access to the content information.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining the representation of the content information further comprises determining correlation information correlating the account information to the content information based on the key value.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:

determining a representation of content information related to secured sharing of the representation based on encryption, via a key value, of the content information with a service device located proximate to a vehicle and also proximate to a mobile device, wherein account information is extractable by the service device from the representation of the content information based on a key value; and

allowing access, via the mobile device, to the representation of the content information, by a device of the vehicle, to enable the sharing of the content information with the service device via the device of the vehicle.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 18, wherein the determining the representation of the content information comprises determining correlation information correlating the account information to the content information based on the key value.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable storage medium of claim 19, wherein the determining the content information is performed in response to receiving a query from the service device.