METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SECURELY PROVIDING VEHICLE SERVICES DATA TO A VEHICLE

• US 20190057217A1
• Filed: 08/17/2017
• Published: 02/21/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 08/17/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: M2MD Technologies, Inc.
• Original Assignee: M2MD Technologies, Inc.
• Inventors: Link, II, Charles M.
• Granted Patent: US 10,922,424 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/606 by securing the transmission between two devices or processes
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 5/72 for local intradevice communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0823 using certificates cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• 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 69/14 Multichannel or multilink protocols
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/06 Authentication

Abstract

A computer device, having at least two long-range wireless profiles and coupled with a communication bus of a vehicle, receives a notice that a vehicle-centric download for the computer device, or for a vehicle device coupled to the communication bus, is pending from a remote server. The vehicle computer device determines the size and security requirement associated with the pending download, and a current operational state of the vehicle. If the size or security requirement is low, a consumer-centric profile may be used for the download even if the vehicle is currently being used. If the download file size is large or requires very high security, or if a user is currently using the computer device according to the consumer-centric profile, the computer device may schedule the download to occur after receiving a trigger event occurrence message.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

receiving, with a vehicle wireless communication device, a download notification that vehicle centric services data are to be downloaded;

determining a current operational state of a vehicle associated with the vehicle wireless communication device to which the vehicle centric data are to be downloaded;

determining whether a download permission configuration associated with the vehicle communication device permits downloading of the vehicle centric services data during the current operational state of the vehicle; and

downloading the vehicle centric data when the download permission configuration permits, based on the current operational state of the vehicle, using a high volume/high bandwidth profile.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the vehicle centric data is downloaded via a vehicle services provider secure connection that is associated with a vehicle services provider.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the download permission configuration of the vehicle communication device does not permit downloading of the vehicle centric data when a consumer data session corresponding to a consumer APN of a consumer-preferred wireless mobile network is active and being used for downloading consumer-centric high volume/high bandwidth data services.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the download notification is received via a vehicle services provider APN of an anchor wireless mobile network that is associated with a vehicle services provider.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the download permission configuration permits downloading of the vehicle centric services data when the current operational state of the vehicle is a key off condition.

6. The method of claim 1 wherein the download permission configuration prohibits downloading of the vehicle centric data when the current operational state of the vehicle is a key on condition.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the download permission configuration permits downloading of the vehicle centric data when the current operational state of the vehicle does not include current and active use of a consumer SIM profile of the vehicle wireless communication device.

8. The method of claim 7 wherein the vehicle centric data is downloaded according to a vehicle data SIM profile, that is not the consumer SIM profile.

9. The method of claim 1 wherein the download permission configuration prohibits downloading of the vehicle centric data when the current operational state of the vehicle includes current and active the vehicle wireless communication device according to a consumer-centric SIM profile.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the vehicle centric data are buffered when the current operational state of the vehicle includes current and active use of the vehicle wireless communication device according to a consumer-centric SIM profile.

11. A method, comprising:

receiving, with a vehicle wireless communication device, a download notification that vehicle centric services data are to be downloaded;

determining with the vehicle communication device a current operational state of a vehicle associated with the vehicle wireless communication device to which the vehicle centric data are to be downloaded;

determining with the vehicle communication device that the vehicle centric services data may not be downloaded during the current operational state of the vehicle;

receiving with the vehicle communication device a vehicle operational state trigger event message indicating that the current operational state of the vehicle has changed to a changed operational state; and

downloading the vehicle centric data using a low volume/low bandwidth profile when the current operational state of the vehicle changes based on the vehicle operational state trigger event message.

12. The method of claim 11 wherein the current operational state includes receiving consumer-centric services with the vehicle wireless communication device according to a consumer profile.

13. The method of claim 12 wherein the changed current operational state includes termination of receiving consumer-centric services according to the consumer profile.

14. The method of claim 12 wherein the changed current operational state includes a key-off state of the vehicle.

15. A method, comprising:

receiving, with a vehicle wireless communication device, a download notification that vehicle centric services data are to be downloaded;

determining with the vehicle communication device one of a data size or a security level associated with the vehicle centric services that are to be downloaded based on content included in the download notification;

determining with the vehicle communication device that the vehicle centric services data may be downloaded during a current operational state of the vehicle; and

downloading the vehicle centric data.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein a security level associated with the vehicle centric services to be downloaded is low.

17. The method of claim 16 wherein the current operational state of the vehicle is key-on.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the data size of the vehicle centric services to be downloaded is large.

19. The method of claim 18 wherein the current operational state of the vehicle is key-off.

20. The method of claim 19 wherein information contained in a vehicle centric profile is used to download the vehicle centric data.