METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AUTHORIZING ACCESS AND UTILIZATION OF A VEHICLE

• US 20140303837A1
• Filed: 04/09/2013
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/09/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: HERE Global B.V. (HERE Holding Corporation)
• Original Assignee: HERE Holding Corporation
• Inventors: Tuukkanen, Marko Tapio
• Application Number:
  US13/859,248
• Publication Number:
  US 20140303837A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/36
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0231 Circuits relating to the driving or the functioning of the vehicle monitoring tyres B60C23/00; indicating overspeed B60K31/00; for dash boards B60K37/00, B60Q3/10; for indicating emergencies B60Q1/52; brake control systems B60T; registering or indicating the working of vehicles G07C5/00; measuring distance G01C, e.g. combinations of speed and distance G01C23/00; engine indicators G01L; measuring speed or acceleration G01P
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/02 Reservations, e.g. for tickets, services or events
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/06 Buying, selling or leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/84 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3263 involving certificates, e.g. public key certificate [PKC] or attribute certificate [AC]; Public key infrastructure [PKI] arrangements network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using certificates in a packet data network H04L63/0823
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

An approach is provided for authorizing various access and utilization options at a vehicle via certificates. A device may process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more configuration parameters for determining one or more rights associated with a vehicle, wherein the rights include, at least in part, one or more access rights, one or more action rights, or a combination thereof. Further, the device may cause, at least in part, an association of the one or more rights with at least one certificate. Additionally, the device may cause, at least in part, a transfer of the at least one certificate to one or more service vendors, one or more users, or a combination thereof.

Claims

1. A method comprising facilitating a processing of and/or processing (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal, the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal based, at least in part, on the following:

a processing of one or more configuration parameters for determining one or more rights associated with a vehicle, wherein the rights include, at least in part, one or more access rights, one or more action rights, or a combination thereof;

an association of the one or more rights with at least one certificate; and

a transfer of the at least one certificate to one or more service vendors, one or more users, or a combination thereof.

2. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of the one or more configuration parameters based, at least in part, on a location of the vehicle, a duration of time, identity of the one or more users, one or more inputs by a master user of the vehicle, or a combination thereof.

3. A method of claim 2, wherein the at least one certificate provides access to a physical space at the vehicle, a vehicle movement, one or more options at the vehicle, or a combination thereof.

4. A method of claim 3, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

an enabling, a disabling, or a combination thereof of the one or more options at the vehicle based, at least in part, on the at least one certificate.

5. A method of claim 2, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a processing of one or more requests from the vehicle, the one or more users, the one or more service vendors, or a combination thereof for modifying the one or more rights;

a presentation of the one or more requests to the master user; and

an updating of the one or more rights based, at least in part, on an input by the master user.

6. A method of claim 2, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a transmission of one or more status notifications associated with the vehicle to the one or more users, the master user, the one or more service vendors, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on data from one or more sensors at the vehicle.

7. A method of claim 6, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

at least one determination of whether the one or more status notifications include one or more urgent events associated with the one or more sensors; and

the updating based at least in part, on the one or more urgent events, the input by the master user, or a combination thereof.

8. A method of claim 6, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

determining one or more functional limitations based, at least in part, on the at least one certificate; and

causing, at least in part, an associating the one or more functional limitations with the one or more sensors.

9. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a storing of the one or more rights at the vehicle, at one or more devices, at the one or more service vendors, or a combination thereof.

10. A method of claim 1, wherein the (1) data and/or (2) information and/or (3) at least one signal are further based, at least in part, on the following:

a processing of at least one invalidating request from the master user for invalidating the at least one certificate; and

an invalidating of the at least one certificate based, at least in part, on the at least one invalidating request.

11. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor; and

at least one memory including computer program code for one or more programs,

the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to perform at least the following,

process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more configuration parameters for determining one or more rights associated with a vehicle,

wherein the rights include, at least in part, one or more access rights, one or more action rights, or a combination thereof;

cause, at least in part, an association of the one or more rights with at least one certificate; and

cause, at least in part, a transfer of the at least one certificate to one or more service vendors, one or more users, or a combination thereof.

12. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine the one or more configuration parameters based, at least in part, on a location of the vehicle, a duration of time, identity of the one or more users, one or more inputs by a master user of the vehicle, or a combination thereof.

13. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the at least one certificate provides access to a physical space at the vehicle, a vehicle movement, one or more options at the vehicle, or a combination thereof.

14. An apparatus of claim 13, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, an enabling, a disabling, or a combination thereof of the one or more options at the vehicle based, at least in part, on the at least one certificate.

15. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

process and/or facilitate a processing of one or more requests from the vehicle, the one or more users, the one or more service vendors, or a combination thereof for modifying the one or more rights;

cause, at least in part, a presentation of the one or more requests to the master user; and

cause, at least in part, an updating of the one or more rights based, at least in part, on an input by the master user.

16. An apparatus of claim 12, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a transmission of one or more status notifications associated with the vehicle to the one or more users, the master user, the one or more service vendors, or a combination thereof based, at least in part, on data from one or more sensors at the vehicle.

17. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine whether the one or more status notifications include one or more urgent events associated with the one or more sensors; and

cause, at least in part, the updating based at least in part, on the one or more urgent events, the input by the master user, or a combination thereof.

18. An apparatus of claim 16, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

determine one or more functional limitations based, at least in part, on the at least one certificate; and

cause, at least in part, an associating the one or more functional limitations with the one or more sensors.

19. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

cause, at least in part, a storing of the one or more rights at the vehicle, at one or more devices, at the one or more service vendors, or a combination thereof.

20. An apparatus of claim 11, wherein the apparatus is further caused to:

process and/or facilitate a processing of at least one invalidating request from the master user for invalidating the at least one certificate; and

cause, at least in part, an invalidating of the at least one certificate based, at least in part, on the at least one invalidating request.

21-48. -48. (canceled)