TERMINAL AUTHENTICATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VEHICLE NETWORK CONNECTION

• US 20150229637A1
• Filed: 10/28/2014
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/07/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Sim, Hyun Chul
• Granted Patent: US 9,525,681 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/40 Network security protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/71 Hardware identity

Abstract

A terminal authentication method for vehicle network connection is disclosed. The terminal authentication method includes acquiring unique identification information of a terminal, generating a certificate of network authentication using the unique identification information, copying the generated certificate of network authentication in the terminal, and performing authentication of the terminal access to a network using a network authentication application in the terminal and the copied certificate of network authentication.

Claims

1. A terminal authentication method for vehicle network connection comprising:

acquiring unique identification information of a terminal;

generating a certificate of network authentication using the unique identification information;

copying the generated certificate of network authentication in the terminal; and

performing authentication of the terminal access to a network using a network authentication application in the terminal and the copied certificate of network authentication.

2. The terminal authentication method according to claim 1, wherein the step of acquiring the unique identification information comprises:

checking a media access control (MAC) address of the terminal using Android Debug Bridge; and

acquiring the unique identification information according to the MAC address.

3. The terminal authentication method according to claim 1, wherein the certificate of network authentication is copied in the terminal using a push command of Android Debug Bridge.

4. The terminal authentication method according to claim 1, wherein the network authentication application is controlled to be automatically installed in the terminal and executed by Android Debug Bridge.

5. The terminal authentication method according to claim 1, further comprising outputting an authentication completion message when the network authentication application completes authentication of the terminal access to the network using the copied certificate of network authentication.

6. A terminal authentication system for vehicle network connection comprising:

a terminal; and

a vehicle communication device including a) a communication unit to acquire unique identification information of the terminal and b) an authentication controller to;

i) generate a certificate of network authentication using the unique identification information, ii) copy the generated certificate of network authentication in the terminal, and iii) control a network authentication application to be installed and executed in the terminal, wherein

the terminal performs authentication of the terminal access to a network using the copied certificate of network authentication and the network authentication application.

7. The terminal authentication system according to claim 6, wherein the unique identification information is acquired based on a MAC address of the terminal.

8. The terminal authentication system according to claim 6, wherein the certificate of network authentication is copied in the terminal using a push command of Android Debug Bridge.

9. The terminal authentication system according to claim 6, wherein the network authentication application is controlled to be automatically installed in the terminal and executed by Android Debug Bridge.

10. The terminal authentication system according to claim 6, further comprising an output unit to output an authentication completion message when the network authentication application completes authentication of the terminal access to the network using the copied certificate of network authentication.

11. A non-transitory computer readable medium containing program instructions for performing a terminal authentication method for vehicle network connection, the computer readable medium comprising:

program instructions that acquire unique identification information of a terminal;

program instructions that generate a certificate of network authentication using the unique identification information;

program instructions that copy the generated certificate of network authentication in the terminal; and

program instructions that perform authentication of the terminal access to a network using a network authentication application in the terminal and the copied certificate of network authentication.