Telematics system capable of Wi-Fi direct P2P connection using near field communication

• US 9,363,841 B2
• Filed: 09/08/2014
• Issued: 06/07/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Original Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company (Hyundai Motor Group)
• Inventors: Kim, Geon Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Assistant Examiner(s): Stroud, James E
• Application Number:
  US14/480,316
• Publication Number:
  US 20150264729A1
• Time in Patent Office: 638 Days
• Field of Search: 701/117
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/104 Peer-to-peer [P2P] networks
• 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 12/062 Pre-authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/14 Direct-mode setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 8/005 Discovery of network devices, e.g. terminals

Abstract

A vehicle telematics system includes a local area communication interworking device and a telematics terminal. The local area communication interworking device is configured to receive a mobile terminal identification information from a mobile terminal and provide a telematics terminal identification information to the mobile terminal through a first local area wireless communication connection. The telematics terminal is configured to search for the mobile terminal and establish a P2P connection with the mobile terminal by requesting a second local area wireless communication connection to the searched mobile terminal, when the mobile terminal identification is received from the local area communication interworking device.

Claims

1. A vehicle telematics system, comprising:

a local area communication interworking device configured to receive mobile terminal identification information from a mobile terminal and provide telematics terminal identification information to the mobile terminal through a first local area wireless communication connection; and

a telematics terminal configured to search for the mobile terminal and establish a P2P connection with the mobile terminal by requesting a second local area wireless communication connection to the searched mobile terminal, when the mobile terminal identification is received from the local area communication interworking device,

wherein the local area communication interworking device receives authentication information for using a telematics service from the mobile terminal and transmits the authentication information to the telematics terminal.

2. A vehicle telematics system according to claim 1, wherein the first local area wireless communication connection is an NFC (Near Field Communication) connection that the local area communication interworking device establishes with the mobile terminal.

3. A vehicle telematics system according to claim 1, wherein the second local area wireless communication connection is a Wi-Fi P2P connection that the telematics terminal establishes with the mobile terminal through Wi-Fi Direct function.

4. A vehicle telematics system according to claim 1, wherein the local area communication interworking device and the telematics terminal communicate with each other through any one of MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transports) network, CAN (Controller Area Network), and UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter).

5. A vehicle telematics system according to claim 1, wherein:

the second local area wireless communication connection is a Wi-Fi P2P connection that the telematics terminal establishes with the mobile terminal through Wi-Fi Direct function, and

the telematics terminal stores the authentication information in a memory, and uses the authentication information stored in the memory when using the telematics service through the Wi-Fi P2P connection.

6. A vehicle telematics system according to claim 1, wherein the mobile terminal drives a dedicated application to exchange information required for the second local area wireless communication connection and the use of telematics service with the local area communication interworking device through the first local area wireless communication connection.

7. A vehicle telematics system according to claim 1, wherein the telematics terminal receives multimedia data stored in the mobile terminal by data sharing with the mobile terminal or use Internet service by connecting to a web server through the mobile terminal.