MOBILE TELEPHONE CAPABLE OF AUTOMATICALLY PAIRING WITH A MOTOR VEHICLE, AND AUTOMATIC PAIRING METHOD

• US 20160358389A1
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Published: 12/08/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Valeo Comfort And Driving Assistance
• Original Assignee: Valeo Comfort And Driving Assistance
• Inventors: Masson, Fabienne, Menard, Eric, Gehin, Frederic
• Granted Patent: US 10,885,731 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00817 where the code of the lock can be programmed
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00857 where the code of the data carrier can be programmed
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/20 involving the use of a pass
• 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: H04W 12/0431 Key distribution or pre-distribution; Key agreement
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/50 Secure pairing of devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup

Abstract

The invention relates to a mobile telephone (3) containing an authentication code (ID) for enabling a motor vehicle (2) to be locked/unlocked and/or started via a Bluetooth™ Low Energy (BLE) protocol, characterized in that said mobile telephone comprises: a pairing code (AP) for enabling the mobile telephone (3) to be registered automatically with said motor vehicle (2); and/or an identification code (VIN) for enabling the mobile telephone (3) to be recognized automatically in said motor vehicle (2).

Claims

1. A mobile telephone containing:

an authentication code to allow a motor vehicle to be locked/unlocked and/or started by Bluetooth™

Low Energy (BLE) protocol; and

a pairing code AP, to allow automatic recording of the mobile telephone with said motor vehicle, and/or an identification code to allow automatic recognition of the mobile telephone near said motor vehicle.

2. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a secure memory element.

3. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein the authentication code is stored in the secure memory element.

4. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein the pairing code AP and/or the identification code is/are stored in the secure memory element.

5. The mobile telephone as claimed in claim 2, wherein the secure memory element is a SIM card.

6. A method for pairing a mobile telephone with a motor vehicle according to the Bluetooth™

Low Energy (BLE) protocol, the method comprising;

loading the mobile telephone with a BLE pairing code, to allow automatic recording of the mobile telephone with said motor vehicle.

7. The pairing method as claimed in claim 6, wherein:

the mobile telephone takes up BLE communication with the vehicle, and transmits the previously loaded pairing code; and

if the vehicle confirms the compliance of the transmitted pairing code, it records the mobile telephone as paired.

8. The pairing method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

recording, by the mobile telephone, the previously loaded pairing code in a secure memory element of the mobile telephone.

9. The pairing method as claimed in claim 8, wherein the secure memory element of the mobile telephone is a SIM card.

10. The pairing method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the pairing code is loaded from a remote server on the GSM network.

11. The pairing method as claimed in claim 6, further comprising:

a prior step of loading the mobile telephone with an authentication code to allow the motor vehicle to be locked/unlocked and/or started by BLE protocol.

12. The pairing method as claimed in claim 11, wherein the authentication code is loaded from a remote server on the GSM network.

13. The pairing method as claimed in claim 11, further comprising:

recording, by the mobile telephone, the authentication code loaded in the step in a secure memory element of the mobile telephone.

14. The pairing method as claimed in claim 13, wherein the secure memory element of the mobile telephone is a SIM card.

15. The pairing method as claimed in claim 6, comprising:

loading the mobile telephone with an identification code, to allow automatic recognition of the mobile telephone near said motor vehicle.

16. The pairing method as claimed in claim 15, wherein the identification code is loaded from a remote server on the GSM network.

17. The pairing method as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

recording, by the mobile telephone, the identification code loaded in the step in a secure memory element of the mobile telephone.