Information registering and retrieving system, in-vehicle apparatus and portable apparatus

• US 7,363,061 B2
• Filed: 06/08/2005
• Issued: 04/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Original Assignee: DENSO Corporation
• Inventors: Kakehi, Tooru
• Primary Examiner(s): Urban; Edward F.
• Assistant Examiner(s): CHOW, CHARLES CHIANG
• Application Number:
  US11/147,474
• Publication Number:
  US 20060019720A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,049 Days
• Field of Search: 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 455/410, 455/411, 455/412.1, 455/424, 455/425, 455/456.5, 455/456.6, 455/550.1, 455/575.1, 455/555, 455/556.1, 455/557, 455/575.9, 455/99, 455/344, 455/345, 455/152.1, 455/435.1, 455/41.2, 455/415, 340/426.1, 340/426.16, 340/902, 340/426.2, 340/426.36, 340/426.13, 340/426.26, 379/142.06, 379/142.05, 379/420.04, 379/428.02
• US Class Current: 455/569.2
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/2757 by data transmission, e.g. downloading
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6091 including a wireless interface

Abstract

When an in-vehicle apparatus receives an information retrieval request from a portable cellular phone along with a phone ID of the cellular phone, a link key is generated in the in-vehicle apparatus based on the phone ID and an apparatus ID of the in-vehicle apparatus. When the link key coincides with a previously generated link key that is associated with information stored in the in-vehicle apparatus, the in-vehicle apparatus permits the cellular phone to retrieve only the associated information, which is stored in the in-vehicle apparatus and is associated with the previously generated link key, so that retrieval of information other than the associated information from the in-vehicle apparatus by the cellular phone is prohibited.

Claims

1. An information registering and retrieving system for a vehicle, the information registering and retrieving system comprising:

a portable apparatus that includes;

a storage means for storing information; and

a control means for controlling the storage means; and

an in-vehicle apparatus that communicates with the portable apparatus and includes;

a link key generating means for generating a link key based on an in-vehicle apparatus ID of the in-vehicle apparatus and a portable apparatus ID of the portable apparatus, which is transmitted from the portable apparatus;

a storage means for storing the information, which is transmitted from the portable apparatus; and

a control means for controlling the link key generating means and the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus, wherein;

when the control means of the in-vehicle apparatus receives an information registration request from the portable apparatus along with the information and the link key, which has been previously generated by the link key generating means of the in-vehicle apparatus and has been previously transmitted to the portable apparatus, the control means of the in-vehicle apparatus operates the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus to store the information in association with the link key;

when the control means of the in-vehicle apparatus receives an information retrieval request from the portable apparatus along with the portable apparatus ID, the control means of the in-vehicle apparatus operates the link key generating means to generate a new link key based on the portable apparatus ID and the in-vehicle apparatus ID; and

when the new link key coincides with the previously generated link key that is associated with the information stored in the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus, the control means of the in-vehicle apparatus permits the portable apparatus to retrieve only the associated information, which is stored in the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus and is associated with the previously generated link key, so that retrieval of information other than the associated information from the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus by the portable apparatus is prohibited.

2. The information registering and retrieving system according to claim 1, wherein:

when a predetermined one of a plurality of security levels is set in at least one of the in-vehicle apparatus and the portable apparatus, the information is registered in and is retrieved from the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus through use of the link keys; and

when another one of the plurality of security levels is set in the at least one of the in-vehicle apparatus and the portable apparatus, the information is registered in and is retrieved from the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus without using the link keys.

3. The information registering and retrieving system according to claim 1, wherein the information includes phone number information.

4. The information registering and retrieving system according to claim 1, wherein:

the portable apparatus further includes a wireless communicating means for communicating with the in-vehicle apparatus; and

the in-vehicle apparatus further includes a wireless communicating means for communicating with the wireless communicating means of the portable apparatus.

5. An in-vehicle apparatus of an information registering and retrieving system for a vehicle, wherein a portable apparatus of the information registering and retrieving system communicates with the in-vehicle apparatus and stores information, the in-vehicle apparatus comprising:

a link key generating means for generating a link key based on an in-vehicle apparatus ID of the in-vehicle apparatus and a portable apparatus ID of the portable apparatus, which is transmitted from the portable apparatus;

a storage means for storing the information, which is transmitted from the portable apparatus; and

a control means for controlling the link key generating means and the storage means, wherein;

when the control means receives an information registration request from the portable apparatus along with the information and the link key, which has been previously generated by the link key generating means and has been previously transmitted to the portable apparatus, the control means operates the storage means to store the information in association with the link key;

when the control means receives an information retrieval request from the portable apparatus along with the portable apparatus ID, the control means operates the link key generating means to generate a new link key based on the portable apparatus ID and the in-vehicle apparatus ID; and

when the new link key coincides with the previously generated link key that is associated with the information stored in the storage means, the control means permits the portable apparatus to retrieve only the associated information, which is stored in the storage means of the in-vehicle apparatus and is associated with the previously generated link key, so that retrieval of information other than the associated information from the storage means by the portable apparatus is prohibited.

6. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 5, wherein the information includes phone number information.

7. The in-vehicle apparatus according to claim 5, further comprising a wireless communicating means for communicating with the portable apparatus.

8. A portable apparatus of an information registering and retrieving system for a vehicle, wherein an in-vehicle apparatus of the information registering and retrieving system communicates with the portable apparatus, the portable apparatus comprising:

a storage means for storing information; and

a control means for controlling the storage means, wherein;

at time of requesting registration of the information, which is stored in the storage means, to the in-vehicle apparatus, the control means transmits an information registration request to the in-vehicle apparatus along with the information and a link key, which has been generated by the in-vehicle apparatus based on a portable apparatus ID of the portable apparatus and an in-vehicle apparatus ID of the in-vehicle apparatus and has been previously transmitted to the portable apparatus; and

at time of requesting retrieval of the information from the in-vehicle apparatus, the control means transmits an information retrieval request to the in-vehicle apparatus along with the portable apparatus ID.

9. The portable apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the information includes phone number information.

10. The portable apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising a wireless communicating means for communicating with the in-vehicle apparatus.