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Methods and systems for location-based authentication using neighboring sensors

  • US 10,154,048 B2
  • Filed: 03/18/2016
  • Issued: 12/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/18/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method of determining the veracity of vehicle information corresponding to autonomous vehicles, comprising:

  • determining, via a processor in a server computing device, whether vehicle information received from a reporting vehicle should be evaluated based on a result of comparing the received vehicle information to contextual information, wherein the processor in the server computing device determines whether the vehicle information includes suspicious information that should be evaluated with greater scrutiny, wherein the processor in the server computing device compares the received vehicle information to previous reports from the same vehicle, reports received from other vehicles or information in a road condition database;

    in response to determining that the vehicle information includes suspicious information, identifying, by the server computing device, sensors for polling based on the received vehicle information to identify a location of a segment of a road reported as blocked or area near a reported emergency and in response to determining, based on the result of comparing the received vehicle information to the contextual information, that the received vehicle information should be evaluated;

    polling, by the server computing device, the identified sensors to receive sensor information; and

    verifying, in the server computing device, the received vehicle information based on the received sensor informationin response to determining that the vehicle information has not been successfully verified, the server computing device discarding the vehicle information and determining whether the reporting vehicle has been infected with malware or is experiencing a cyber-attack; and

    sending, by the server computing device, a control message to the reporting vehicle that includes information suitable for invoking a malware detection system in the reporting vehicle.

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