Efficient headunit communication integration

• US 9,370,029 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2013
• Issued: 06/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/15/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Karma Automotive LLC (Wanxiang Group Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Airbiquity Incorporated
• Inventors: O'Meara, Mike, Pawar, Sagar, Hong, Leon
• Primary Examiner(s): Tissot, Adam
• Application Number:
  US14/135,165
• Publication Number:
  US 20140179274A1
• Time in Patent Office: 908 Days
• Field of Search: 701/36, 701/1, 701/2, 701/33.4, 701/425, 701/454, 701/49, 455/3.06, 455/345, 455/3.03, 455/411, 715/700, 717/172, 717/168, 340/13.24, 340/461, 340/531, 700/17, 710/2
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/362 received from an external device or application, e.g. PDA, mobile phone or calendar application
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0281 Proxies
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/10 for controlling access to devices or network resources
• 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 67/56 Provisioning of proxy services store-and-forward switching systems in data switching networks H04L12/54
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/6083 by interfacing with the vehicle audio system
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/08 Access security
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/10 Connection setup
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 84/22 with access to wired networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/182 Network node acting on behalf of an other network entity, e.g. proxy

Abstract

In an example, the mobile device may be configured to determine whether to authorize a request for the vehicle head unit to utilize a resource of the mobile device. The mobile device may be configured to utilize a proxy of the mobile device to establish a connection with a destination in response to determining to authorize the request.

Claims

1. A mobile device, comprising:

a processing device configured to;

receive, at the mobile device, a request for a vehicle head unit coupled to the mobile device by at least one of a wire or a short range wireless transmitter;

responsive to receiving the request, determine, based on information about a backend destination of the request, whether to permit the vehicle head unit to utilize a resource of the mobile device, the resource including a long range wireless transmitter of the mobile device;

authorize the request for the vehicle head unit to utilize the resource of the mobile device based on a result of the determination; and

utilize a proxy of the mobile device to establish a connection with the backend destination if the request is authorized.

2. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to:

validate a requested protocol corresponding to the request; and

authorize the request for the vehicle head unit to utilize the resource of the mobile device based on a result of the determination and the validation.

3. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to permit a socket to be opened to the backend destination if the request is authorized.

4. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein the processing device is further configured to transparently proxy a TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) or UDP (User Datagram Protocol) socket to the backend destination on behalf of the vehicle head unit if the request is authorized.

5. The mobile device of claim 1, wherein utilize the proxy of the mobile device to establish the connection with the backend destination if the request is authorized further comprises proxy data at a TCP or UDP layer.

6. A method, comprising:

receiving, at the mobile device, a request for a vehicle head unit coupled to the mobile device by at least one of a wire or a short range wireless transmitter;

responsive to receiving the request, determining, based on information about a backend destination of the request, whether to permit the vehicle head unit to utilize a resource of the mobile device, the resource including a long range wireless transmitter of the mobile device;

authorizing the request for the vehicle head unit to utilize the resource of the mobile device based on a result of the determination; and

utilizing a proxy of the mobile device to establish a connection with the backend destination if the request is authorized.

7. The method of claim 6, further comprising:

validating a requested protocol corresponding to the request; and

authorizing the request for the vehicle head unit to utilize the resource of the mobile device based on a result of the determination and the validation.

8. The method of claim 6, further comprising permitting a socket to be opened to the backend destination if the request is authorized.

9. The method of claim 6, further comprising transparently proxying a TCP (Transmission Control Protocol) or UDP (User Datagram Protocol) socket to the backend destination on behalf of the vehicle head unit if the request is authorized.

10. The method of claim 6, wherein utilizing the proxy of the mobile device to establish the connection with the backend destination if the request is authorized further comprises proxying data at a TCP or UDP layer.