Mobile device enabled tiered data exchange via a vehicle

• US 9,203,843 B2
• Filed: 11/08/2013
• Issued: 12/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 11/08/2013
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: AT&T Intellectual Property I LP (AT&T, Inc.), AT&T Mobility II LLC (AT&T, Inc.)
• Inventors: Arasavelli, Yehoshuva, Chien, Ginger Li
• Primary Examiner(s): SHOLEMAN, ABU S
• Application Number:
  US14/075,784
• Publication Number:
  US 20150135336A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• Field of Search: 726/29, 726/1, 726/11, 726/21
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 7/26 at least one of which is mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/105 Multiple levels of security
• 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 67/30 Profiles
• 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

Abstract

A mobile device enabled tiered data exchange via a vehicle is disclosed. A mobile device can access profile information related to a tiered-data sharing profile. The tiered-data sharing profile can associate data with a sharing tier designating security, privacy, or authorization constraints on sharing the associated data. A sharing tier can further designate obfuscation of the data as a constraint on sharing the data. The mobile device can enable access to the data subject to the constraints of the tiered-data sharing profile. In an embodiment, tiered data can be shared from the mobile device to an external service device via vehicle device. In another embodiment, tiered data can be shared from the mobile device to a service device of the vehicle.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a memory that stores executable instructions; and

a processor coupled to the memory, that facilitates execution of the executable instructions to perform operations, comprising;

receiving profile information related to sharing data associated with a determined level of data security;

receiving vehicle information related to a vehicle;

based on the profile information and the vehicle information, determining signal information comprising a representation of content information to enable sharing of the content information with a service device in accord with a constraint associated with the determined level of data security, wherein the service device is located remotely from the vehicle and mobile device, and wherein the representation of the content data and correlation information are employable to determine account information; and

facilitating access to the signal information for a device of the vehicle to enable the sharing of the content information with the service device via a wireless interface.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the profile information is stored remotely from the mobile device.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, further comprising receiving an input related to authorizing the access to the signal information.

4. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the receiving the input is via an interface of the mobile device.

5. The mobile device of claim 3, wherein the receiving the input is via an interface of the vehicle.

6. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the signal information comprises the content information.

7. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the representation of the content information is based on the content information, the account information, and the correlation information.

8. The mobile device of claim 7, further comprising enabling other access to the correlation information for another device located remotely from the mobile device, wherein the other device determines the content information based on the correlation information and the representation of the content information.

9. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the service device is another device, distinct from the vehicle and mobile device, located proximate to the vehicle.

10. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the signal information facilitates the device of the vehicle sharing the content information with the service device by generating an image that can be received by a sensor of the service device.

11. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the facilitating the access to the signal information facilitates the device of the vehicle sharing the content information with the service device by generating a radio frequency signal that can be received by a sensor of the service device.

12. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the facilitating access to the signal information facilitates the device of the vehicle sharing the content information with the service device by generating modulated light energy that can be received by a sensor of the service device.

13. A method, comprising:

receiving, by a mobile device comprising a processor, profile information associated with a user identity, data, and a determined level of data security for the data;

receiving, by the mobile device, vehicle information related to a vehicle;

based on receiving an approval input, associating, by the mobile device, the profile information with the vehicle;

based on the profile information and the vehicle information, determining, by the mobile device, content information comprising a representation of account data related to account data associated with the user identity, wherein the content information is accessible to a service device, other than the vehicle and mobile device, in response to a constraint associated with the determined level of data security being determined to be satisfied, and wherein account data is indeterminate based on the representation of the account data without employing correlation information; and

facilitating, by the mobile device, access to the content information for a device of the vehicle to enable sharing of the content information with the service device via a wireless interface.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising receiving, by the mobile device, an input related to authorizing the facilitating the access to the content information.

15. The method of claim 13, wherein the determining the content information comprises determining the representation of the account data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the determining the content information further comprises determining the correlation information correlating the account data to the representation of the account data.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising enabling, by the mobile device, other access to the correlation information for a remote device located remotely from the mobile device, wherein the remote device is configured to determine the account data based on the correlation information and the representation of the account data.

18. A computer readable storage device comprising executable instructions that, in response to execution, cause a mobile device comprising a processor to perform operations, comprising:

receiving profile information associated with an identity of a subscriber, a set of information, and a determined level of information security for information of the set of information;

receiving vehicle information related to a vehicle;

determining a representation of account information related to account information associated with the identity;

based on a constraint associated with the determined level of information security, determining content information related to the account information associated with the identity, wherein the content information is sharable with a service device not comprised in the vehicle or mobile device, and wherein the account information is determined based on the representation of the account information and correlation information; and

facilitating, based on the vehicle information, sharing of the content information to the service device through a wireless interface via a device of the vehicle.

19. The computer readable storage device of claim 18, wherein the determining the representation of the account information comprises determining the account information.

20. The computer readable storage device of claim 19, wherein the determining the content information comprises determining the correlation information correlating the representation of the account information to the account information.