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METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SECURE PAIRING OF MOBILE DEVICES WITH VEHICLES USING TELEMATICS SYSTEM

  • US 20140079217A1
  • Filed: 09/14/2012
  • Published: 03/20/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/14/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for secure pairing of mobile devices with a vehicle, said method comprising:

  • providing a first secure communications channel between the vehicle and a telematics server, and a second secure communications channel between a mobile device and the telematics server.requesting access to a vehicle'"'"'s Wi-Fi network by the mobile device;

    providing information about the vehicle and the mobile device to the telematics server over the secure communications channels;

    providing security data to the vehicle and the mobile device by the telematics server over the secure communications channels, where the security data can be used to establish a trust between the vehicle and the mobile device;

    issuing a secrecy challenge by the vehicle to the mobile device, where the secrecy challenge is encrypted using a secret key included in or derived from the security data from the telematics server;

    responding to the secrecy challenge by the mobile device to the vehicle, where the secret key is also known and used by the mobile device; and

    establishing secure Wi-Fi communications between the vehicle and the mobile device upon a valid response to the secrecy challenge.

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