System and method for controlling information access on a mobile platform

• US 20080204191A1
• Filed: 02/23/2007
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations Incorporated (Motors Liquidation Co. GUC Trust)
• Inventors: Alrabady, Ansaf I.
• Application Number:
  US11/678,082
• Publication Number:
  US 20080204191A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/5.21
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/66 Arrangements for connecting between networks having differing types of switching systems, e.g. gateways

Abstract

A method and system are provided for controlling extra-vehicle communications to a device of a mobile platform. The method comprises establishing a policy comprising attributes for permitting communications to the device, the attributes having selectable states. Access to communicate with the device is authorized based upon a least privilege of the selectable states of the attributes. An information requestor is permitted to communicate with the device when the access is authorized, and the information requestor is denied access to the device when one of the selectable states of the attributes is not satisfied

Claims

1. Method for controlling access to a device of a mobile platform, comprising:

establishing a policy comprising attributes for accessing the device, the attributes having selectable states; and

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authorizing access to communicate with the device based upon a least privilege of the selectable states of the attributes.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein authorizing access to communicate with the device comprises authorizing an extra-vehicle requester to have access to the device to establish communications therewith.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the device is operative to execute a communications protocol to establish communications with the extra-vehicle requester.

4. The method of claim 2, further comprising authorizing the extra-vehicle requester to attempt to establish communications with a control module of the mobile platform to transmit information thereto.

5. The method of claim 4, further comprising authorizing the extra-vehicle requestor to have access to the device to attempt to establish communications to transmit information to reprogram the control module.

6. The method of claim 2, further comprising authorizing the information requester to attempt to establish communications with a control module of the mobile platform to elicit information therefrom.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising authorizing the information requester to establish communications with the control module of the mobile platform to download diagnostic trouble codes.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising authorizing the information requestor to establish communications with the control module of the mobile platform to download global position information therefor.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein authorizing access to communicate to the device based upon a least privilege of the selectable states of the attributes comprises authorizing access to communicate with the device only when all the attributes of the established policy are satisfied.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectable states of the attributes comprise operator-selectable states.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein the operator-selectable states comprise one of time-of-day, vehicle key position, and vehicle direction.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein the selectable states of the attributes comprise system administrator-selectable states.

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising a system operative to implement the method.

14. Method for controlling communications to a subsystem of a mobile platform, comprising:

establishing a policy comprising attributes for accessing the subsystem, the attributes having selectable states; and

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permitting an information requester to attempt to communicate with the subsystem based upon a least privilege of the selectable states of the attributes.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein permitting the information requestor to attempt to communicate to the subsystem further comprises permitting the information requestor to attempt to establish communications to transmit information thereto.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein permitting the information requestor to attempt to communicate to the subsystem further comprises permitting the information requester to attempt to establish communications to elicit information therefrom.

17. Method for controlling communications to a device of a mobile platform, comprising:

establishing a policy comprising attributes for permitting communications to the device, the attributes having selectable states; and

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authorizing access to communicate with the device based upon a least privilege of the selectable states of the attributes;

permitting an information requester to communicate with the device when the access is authorized; and

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denying the information requestor access to the device when one of the selectable states of the attributes is not satisfied.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the mobile device comprises a vehicular device.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein permitting an information requestor to communicate with the device when the access is authorized further comprises permitting the information requestor to establish communications with a subsystem of the device.