System for delivering shipping items

• US 10,262,291 B2
• Filed: 11/21/2013
• Issued: 04/16/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Original Assignee: Continental Automotive GmbH (Continental AG)
• Inventors: Fokkelman, Joris
• Primary Examiner(s): Ade, Garcia
• Application Number:
  US14/652,048
• Publication Number:
  US 20150324744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,972 Days
• Field of Search: 705336
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/08 Logistics, e.g. warehousing, loading or distribution; Inventory or stock management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0835 Relationships between shipper or supplier and carriers
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00896 specially adapted for particular uses

Abstract

A system for delivering shipping items in vehicles includes a first communication module establishing a communication link to a communication terminal of a delivery person, the communication terminal receiving authorization data via a communication network; a first identification routine unambiguously identifying a delivery person; a second communication module establishing, via a wireless communication network, a communication link to a communication device of a control unit of the access arrangement on a vehicle; a second identification routine for unambiguously identifying the system by the access arrangement; a third communication module for receiving update request data from the driver; and an update routine for updating authorization data in a memory of the system. Upon updating authorization data, information is wirelessly transmitted relating to the successful delivery and the content of the delivery to the access arrangement. The driver assistance system displays an alert message about the delivery.

Claims

1. A system for conveying consignments in vehicles, comprising:

a first communication module (M1) configured to set up a communication link to a communication terminal (70) of a supplier of authorization data (200) via a communication network (N1);

a first identification module configured to execute a first identification routine that explicitly identifies a supplier;

a second communication module (M2) configured to set up a communication link via a wireless communication network (N2) to a communication device (300) of a controller (120) of an entry arrangement (60) of a vehicle;

a second identification module configured to execute a second identification routine that explicitly identifies the system (40) by the entry arrangement (60);

a third communication module (M3) configured to receive an update request information item from a driver of the vehicle; and

an update module (700) configured to execute an update routine (800) that updates authorization data (200) in a memory (90′

) of the system (40),

wherein;

following execution of the update routine (800) to update the authorization data (200), the system transmits, via the wireless communication network (N2), a piece of information relating to a delivery that has been made and a content of the delivery to the communication device (300) of the controller (120) of the entry arrangement (60) of the vehicle,

the controller (120) of the entry arrangement (60) of the vehicle uses a bus system in the vehicle to produce a message for a driver assistance system (130) relating to the delivery that has been made and the driver assistance system uses a man/machine interface to display a warning message (130a) relating to the delivery, and

the vehicle engine is immobilized by an engine immobilizing system, under the control of the controller (120) of the entry arrangement (60), based on the produced message.

2. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bus system in the vehicle is a CAN bus.

3. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bus system in the vehicle is an Ethernet.

4. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the warning message is displayed by the driver assistance system only after a check has been carried out to determine whether the passenger has left his seat and the entry arrangement has been activated by opening of a door of the vehicle.

5. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless communication network (N2) is a mobile radio communication network.

6. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to identify a user by voice recognition, by the transmission of an identification information item—

PIN/TAN—

or by a challenge/response method.

7. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, wherein the system is configured to identify a user using an explicit cryptographic information item.

8. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a communication link via the wireless communication network (N2) using a mobile radio communication network and/or WLAN network.

9. The system (40) as claimed in claim 1, further providing an encryptor configured to encrypt, using a shared secret, the communication between the system (40) and the communication device (300/310) of the entry arrangement (60).