Remote firewall update for on-board web server telematics system
First Claim
1. A system comprising:
- a mobile device including a processor, a transceiver, and a storage maintaining vehicle associations including phone numbers of telematics control units of vehicles, programmed toidentify a change in network address of the transceiver;
encrypt the changed network address; and
send the encrypted network address to the telematics control units using short message service messages addressed to the phone numbers of the telematics control units.
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Abstract
A mobile device includes a processor, a transceiver, and a storage maintaining vehicle associations including phone numbers of telematics control units of vehicles. The device is programmed to identify a change in network address of the transceiver; encrypt the changed network address; and send the encrypted network address to the telematics control units using short message service messages addressed to the phone numbers of the telematics control units. A vehicle includes a storage including paired device data having phone numbers and network addresses of mobile devices and a telematics control unit including a firewall and web server. The firewall is programmed to, in response to receipt of a message from one of the phone numbers including a network address of the mobile device, update the storage to indicate the network address as an originating address authorized to use the web server.
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18 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a mobile device including a processor, a transceiver, and a storage maintaining vehicle associations including phone numbers of telematics control units of vehicles, programmed to identify a change in network address of the transceiver; encrypt the changed network address; and send the encrypted network address to the telematics control units using short message service messages addressed to the phone numbers of the telematics control units. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system comprising:
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a storage including paired device data having phone numbers and network addresses of mobile devices; and a telematics control unit including a firewall and web server, the firewall programmed to, in response to receipt of a message from one of the phone numbers including a network address of one of the mobile devices, update the storage to indicate the network address as an originating address authorized to use the web server. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method comprising:
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encrypting an updated Internet network address of a mobile device using an encryption key tied to a telematics control unit; and sending the encrypted network address to the telematics control unit using a short message service (SMS) message addressed to a phone number of the telematics control unit. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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