System and method for providing resource sharing, synchronizing, media coordination, transcoding, and traffic management in a vehicular environment
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- maintaining a list of authorized devices;
creating an association between a wireless device configured for operation by an end user and an onboard unit (OBU) element of a vehicle, which is provisioned in a vehicle;
determining one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device to authenticate itself to the OBU element of the vehicle;
after determining that the wireless device passes the one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device authenticating itself to the OBU element, establishing a control connection between the wireless device and the OBU element of the vehicle via a first port of the OBU element;
after the control connection is established, providing a port number associated with a second port of the OBU element to the wireless device;
establishing a command connection between the wireless device and the OBU element via the second port of the OBU element; and
allowing access, by the wireless device through the command connection, to one or more resources associated with the vehicle.
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Abstract
A method in one embodiment includes maintaining a list of authorized devices; creating an association between a wireless device being operated by an end user and an onboard unit (OBU) element, which is provisioned in a vehicle; establishing a session over a designated port for an application to be executed on the OBU element; and accessing resources associated with the vehicle through the OBU element. In other examples, authentication of the wireless device can occur via a wired equivalent privacy (WEP) WiFi access point provided by the OBU element. Authentication of the wireless device can also occur via a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag. The resources can include any number of items such as speakers, a display, a microphone, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver, or any other suitable element that may be provisioned in the vehicle.
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32 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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maintaining a list of authorized devices; creating an association between a wireless device configured for operation by an end user and an onboard unit (OBU) element of a vehicle, which is provisioned in a vehicle; determining one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device to authenticate itself to the OBU element of the vehicle; after determining that the wireless device passes the one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device authenticating itself to the OBU element, establishing a control connection between the wireless device and the OBU element of the vehicle via a first port of the OBU element; after the control connection is established, providing a port number associated with a second port of the OBU element to the wireless device; establishing a command connection between the wireless device and the OBU element via the second port of the OBU element; and allowing access, by the wireless device through the command connection, to one or more resources associated with the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. Logic encoded in non-transitory media that includes code for execution and when executed by a processor operable to perform operations comprising:
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maintaining a list of authorized devices; creating an association between a wireless device configured for operation by an end user and an onboard unit (OBU) element of a vehicle, which is provisioned in a vehicle; determining one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device to authenticate itself to the OBU element of the vehicle; after determining that the wireless device passes the one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device authenticating itself to the OBU element, establishing a control connection between the wireless device and the OBU element of the vehicle via a first port of the OBU element; after the control connection is established, providing a port number associated with a second port of the OBU element to the wireless device; establishing a command connection between the wireless device and the OBU element via the second port of the OBU element; and allowing access, by the wireless device through the command connection, to one or more resources associated with the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A apparatus comprising:
an onboard unit (OBU) element of a vehicle, wherein the OBU element includes a memory element configured to store data and a processor operable to execute instructions associated with the data, wherein the processor and memory element cooperate such that the apparatus is configured to; maintain a list of authorized devices; create an association between a wireless device configured for operation by an end user and the OBU element of the vehicle; determine one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device to authenticate itself to the OBU element of the vehicle; after determining that the wireless device passes the one or more authentication requirements associated with the wireless device authenticating itself to the OBU element, establish a control connection between the wireless device and the OBU element of the vehicle via a first port of the OBU element; after the control connection is established, provide a port number associated with a second port of the OBU element to the wireless device; establish a command connection between the wireless device and the OBU element via the second port of the OBU element; allow access, by the wireless device through the command connection, to one or more resources associated with the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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