SELECTIVE VEHICLE WI-FI ACCESS
First Claim
1. A method of selectively permitting access to a vehicle Wi-Fi network, comprising the steps of:
- (a) establishing a plurality of vehicular Wi-Fi access levels each of which provide access to different features at a vehicle;
(b) generating a short-range wireless signal that provides Wi-Fi network access at the vehicle;
(c) associating a wireless device with one of the established vehicular Wi-Fi access levels;
(d) receiving an identity of the wireless device at the vehicle via the short-range wireless signal;
(e) determining the level of Wi-Fi access associated with the received identity using the vehicle telematics unit; and
(f) controlling access to the different features according to the determined level of Wi-Fi access level associated with the received identity.
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Abstract
A method and system of selectively permitting access to a vehicle Wi-Fi network includes establishing a plurality of vehicular Wi-Fi access levels each of which provide access to different features at a vehicle; generating a short-range wireless signal that provides Wi-Fi network access at the vehicle; associating a wireless device with one of the established vehicular Wi-Fi access levels; receiving an identity of the wireless device at the vehicle via the short-range wireless signal; determining the level of Wi-Fi access associated with the received identity using the vehicle telematics unit; and controlling access to the different features according to the determined level of Wi-Fi access level associated with the received identity.
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15 Claims
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1. A method of selectively permitting access to a vehicle Wi-Fi network, comprising the steps of:
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(a) establishing a plurality of vehicular Wi-Fi access levels each of which provide access to different features at a vehicle; (b) generating a short-range wireless signal that provides Wi-Fi network access at the vehicle; (c) associating a wireless device with one of the established vehicular Wi-Fi access levels; (d) receiving an identity of the wireless device at the vehicle via the short-range wireless signal; (e) determining the level of Wi-Fi access associated with the received identity using the vehicle telematics unit; and (f) controlling access to the different features according to the determined level of Wi-Fi access level associated with the received identity. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of selectively permitting access to a vehicle Wi-Fi network, comprising the steps of:
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(a) accessing a Wi-Fi network provided by a vehicle via a short-range wireless signal; (b) transmitting a wireless device identity to the vehicle via the short-range wireless signal; (c) receiving one of a plurality of vehicular Wi-Fi access levels that has been assigned to the wireless device identity, wherein each level provides access to different features at the vehicle based on the transmitted wireless device identity. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A system of selectively permitting access to a vehicle Wi-Fi network, comprising:
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a vehicle telematics unit comprising a processor, a computer-readable medium, and a short-range wireless antenna, wherein the vehicle telematics unit; receives a plurality of wireless identities via a Wi-Fi network generated by the vehicle telematics unit through the short-range wireless antenna; correlates each of the plurality of wireless identities with one of a plurality of vehicular Wi-Fi access levels that each provide access to different features at the vehicle; storing the correlated wireless identities and vehicular Wi-Fi access levels in the computer-readable medium; and controlling access to features available through the Wi-Fi network based on the vehicular Wi-Fi access levels correlated with the wireless identity requesting the features.
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