Establishing a wireless connection to a vehicle

• US 10,735,955 B2
• Filed: 05/22/2015
• Issued: 08/04/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 07/21/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: ZF CV Systems Europe BV
• Original Assignee: Wabco GmbH (Wabco Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Dieckmann, Thomas, Merten, Heiner, Wolf, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu, Jeffrey C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Cheema, Ali H.
• Application Number:
  US15/327,515
• Publication Number:
  US 20170156062A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,901 Days
• Field of Search: 705 40, 705 50, 701 2, 701 22, 701 314, 701 1, 709223, 726 6, 726 7, 4554561, 4555759, 340 564, 34042613, 34087041, 707722, 707736
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6227 where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2141 Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0876 based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/101 Access control lists [ACL]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/18 using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215
• 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 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/77 Graphical identity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/183 Processing at user equipment or user record carrier
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/12 WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks]

Abstract

A method for establishing a wireless connection between a mobile communication device and a communication module (14) of a vehicle (10) with an identifier (17) is disclosed. According to the method, access rights, namely links between vehicle identifiers (17) and user identifiers, as well as data required for establishing the wireless connection, are stored in a database server (16) outside of the mobile communication device. A control unit (11, 12) for carrying out the method is also disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for establishing a wireless connection between a mobile communication device and a communication module of a vehicle with an identifier comprising:

providing a server outside the mobile communication device, the server including access rights between vehicle identifiers and user identifiers, and connection data required for establishing the wireless connection,

recording with the mobile communication device the identifier of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle identifier comprises a number plate or a chassis number and is determined by the mobile communication device from an optical pattern or a radio link associated with the vehicle, wherein the user identifier is present in the mobile communication device,

transmitting by the mobile communication device to the server the vehicle identifier and the user identifier,

checking by the server whether access rights exist for the transmitted combination of identifiers,

if access rights exist for the transmitted combination of identifiers, transmitting by the server the connection data required for establishing the wireless connection to the mobile communication device, the connection data including identifying information for a WLAN associated with the communications module of the vehicle including a WLAN name, encryption type, and password,

in response to the transmission of the connection data to the mobile communication device, establishing a wireless connection to the communication module from the mobile communications device over the WLAN, wherein the communications module forms part of an electronic braking system and is an access point for the WLAN, and

emitting by the vehicle a visually or audibly perceptible signal after establishing the wireless connection between the mobile communication device and the communication module.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user identifier comprises data which are stored in the mobile communication device.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device forwards the two identifiers via a mobile radio link or via the WLAN to an interface connected to the server.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless connection from the mobile communication device to the communication module is a connection via the WLAN.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device comprises a mobile telephone with the WLAN function.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising inputting by the user in the mobile communication device data associated with the user identifier.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the radio link is a short-range radio link.