SECURE SIMPLE PAIRING THROUGH EMBEDDED VEHICLE NETWORK ACCESS DEVICE

• US 20150024686A1
• Filed: 07/16/2013
• Published: 01/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 07/16/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Original Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC (General Motors Company)
• Inventors: Hrabak, Robert A.
• Application Number:
  US13/943,128
• Publication Number:
  US 20150024686A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• 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

Abstract

Secure simple pairing is provided by receiving, from a mobile communications device, vehicle information and an identifier of the mobile communications device, identifying a vehicle from the vehicle information, and sending the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device to the vehicle. The vehicle initiates a communication with the mobile communications device using the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a computer processor; and

logic executable by the computer processor, the logic configured to implement a method, the method comprising;

receiving, from a mobile communications device, vehicle information and an identifier of the mobile communications device;

identifying a vehicle from the vehicle information; and

sending the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle initiates a communication with the mobile communications device using the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information is received from the mobile communications device over a first network, and the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device are sent to the vehicle over a second network.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information includes instructions to generate an authentication value.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the authentication value is a link key.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information includes at least one of:

a vehicle identification number;

a mobile equipment identifier of a network access device in the vehicle;

a phone number of the network access device; and

a telematics service account identifier, wherein the network access device is a telematics system.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the mobile communications device is a smart phone.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the authentication value is used to initiate a pairing process between the mobile communications device and the vehicle.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information from the mobile communications device is received as a cellular packet payload.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information from the mobile communications device is received as a text message.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle information sent to the vehicle is transmitted as a text message.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving, at a computer processor from a mobile communications device, vehicle information and an identifier of the mobile communications device;

identifying a vehicle from the vehicle information; and

sending the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle initiates a communication with the mobile communications device using the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle information is received from the mobile communications device over a first network, and the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device are sent to the vehicle over a second network.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle information includes instructions to generate an authentication value.

14. The method of claim 11, wherein the authentication value is a link key.

15. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle information includes at least one of:

a vehicle identification number;

a mobile equipment identifier of a network access device in the vehicle;

a phone number of the network access device; and

a telematics service account identifier, wherein the network access device is a telematics system.

16. The method of claim 11, wherein the mobile communications device is a smart phone.

17. The method of claim 11, wherein the authentication value is used to initiate a pairing process between the mobile communications device and the vehicle.

18. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle information from the mobile communications device is received as a cellular packet payload.

19. The method of claim 11, wherein the vehicle information from the mobile communications device is received as a text message;

and

wherein the vehicle information sent to the vehicle is transmitted as a text message.

20. A computer program product comprising a computer-readable storage medium having program code embodied thereon, which when executed by a computer processor, causes the computer processor to implement a method, the method comprising:

receiving, from a mobile communications device, vehicle information and an identifier of the mobile communications device;

identifying a vehicle from the vehicle information; and

sending the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle initiates a communication with the mobile communications device using the vehicle information and the identifier of the mobile communications device.