Automobile data transmission

• US 9,838,876 B2
• Filed: 08/16/2015
• Issued: 12/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ofinno, LLC
• Original Assignee: Ofinno Technologies, LLC
• Inventors: Dinan, Esmael Hejazi
• Primary Examiner(s): Pwu, Jeffrey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ambaye, Samuel
• Application Number:
  US14/827,326
• Publication Number:
  US 20150358825A1
• Time in Patent Office: 842 Days
• Field of Search: 380274, 370329
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/80 Wireless network architectures or network communication protocols for wireless network security H04W12/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2209/84 Vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 27/2601 Multicarrier modulation systems
• 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 69/22 Parsing or analysis of headers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0618 Block ciphers, i.e. encrypting groups of characters of a plain text message using fixed encryption transformation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/0637 Modes of operation, e.g. cipher block chaining [CBC], electronic codebook [ECB] or Galois/counter mode [GCM]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/02 Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/033 of the user plane, e.g. user's traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/037 of the control plane, e.g. signalling traffic
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/04 Key management, e.g. using generic bootstrapping architecture [GBA]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/10 Integrity
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/38 for collecting sensor information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 72/21 in the uplink direction of a wireless link, i.e. towards the network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 74/08 Non-scheduled access, e.g. ALOHA hybrid access H04W74/02

Abstract

An automobile device transmits data to a server in a communication network. The automobile device records the data received from one or more transmitters located in an automobile. The automobile device transmits a random access preamble on an uplink carrier to a base station when a pre-defined condition is met. The automobile device encrypts the data and transmits the encrypted data to a server via a base station.

Claims

1. An automobile device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the automobile device to;

receive first data from one or more transmitters located in an automobile;

transmit a random access preamble on an uplink carrier to a base station when a pre-defined condition is met based, at least in part, on the first data or a value of an internal timer or a user input;

receive a time alignment command from the base station in response to transmitting the random access preamble;

adjust uplink signal transmission timing of the uplink carrier according to the time alignment command;

transmit, to the base station over a non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearer, a first message destined for a server in a communication network, the first message being configured to trigger establishment of a connection to the server;

receive, from the base station over the non-GBR bearer, a second message originating from the server, the second message being configured to cause transmission of the first data to the server;

encrypt the first data; and

transmit the encrypted first data to the base station employing an established non-guaranteed bit rate bearer, wherein the base station is configured to decrypt the first data before forwarding the first data to the server in a communication network.

2. The automobile device of claim 1, wherein the transmission timing of the random access preamble is determined based, at least in part, on a synchronization signal received from the base station.

3. The automobile device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the automobile device to receive random access parameters from the base station, the parameters being employed for generating the random access preamble.

4. The automobile device of claim 1, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the automobile device to receive an Internet protocol address from the base station over a downlink carrier before transmitting the first data, the downlink carrier corresponding to the uplink carrier.

5. An automobile device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the automobile device to;

receive first data from one or more transmitters located in an automobile;

transmit a random access preamble on an uplink carrier to a base station when a pre-defined condition is met based on at least one of the following;

the first data;

a value of an internal timer; and

a user input;

transmit, to the base station over a non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearer, a first message destined for a server in a communication network, the first message being configured to trigger establishment of a connection to the server;

receive, from the base station over the non-GBR bearer, a second message originating from the server, the second message being configured to cause transmission of the first data to the server;

encrypt the first data; and

transmit, to the base station, the encrypted first data, the base station being configured to decrypt the first data before forwarding the first data to the server.

6. The automobile device of claim 5, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the automobile device to receive at least a part of the first data via a short range wireless technology.

7. The automobile device of claim 5, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the automobile device to store:

a first network address of the server; and

a second network address of the automobile device.

8. The automobile device of claim 5, wherein:

the first message is encrypted using a first encryption key;

the first data is encrypted using the first encryption key; and

the second message is encrypted using a second encryption key different from the first encryption key.

9. The automobile device of claim 5, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the automobile device to receive a control message on a first data channel on a downlink carrier before establishing the non-GBR bearer, the control message establishing a first signaling bearer, the first signaling bearer being established on the downlink carrier and the uplink carrier.

10. An automobile device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory storing instructions that, when executed, cause the automobile device to;

receive signals via a first short range wireless technology from one or more transmitters in an automobile;

transmit a random access preamble on an uplink carrier to a base station when a pre-defined condition is met based on at least one of;

the received signals;

a value of an internal timer; and

a user input;

transmit, to the base station over a non-guaranteed bit rate (non-GBR) bearer, a first message destined to a server in a communication network, the first message being configured to trigger establishment of a connection to the server;

receive, from the base station over the non-GBR bearer, a second message originating from the server, wherein the second message is destined to one of the one or more transmitters;

receive and encrypt first data from the one or more transmitters;

transmit, the encrypted first data to the base station, wherein the base station is configured to decrypt the first data before forwarding the first data to the server.

11. The automobile device of claim 10, wherein the transmission timing of the random access preamble is determined based, at least in part, on a synchronization signal received from the base station.

12. The automobile device of claim 10, wherein the one or more transmitters comprise a display and receive said user input.

13. The automobile device of claim 10, wherein the one or more transmitters monitor automobile conditions comprising at least one of:

a tire air pressure;

an engine condition;

an automobile fluid condition;

a temperature;

a type of road driven; and

a safety equipment status.

14. The automobile device of claim 10, wherein the one or more transmitters monitor automobile conditions comprising automobile environmental parameters comprising at least one of:

an environment temperature;

an environmental chemical parameter;

an environmental nuclear parameter;

an environment humidity;

an environment electromagnetic energy density; and

an environment particle density.

15. The automobile device of claim 10, wherein the server analyzes the first data to determine a risk factor for the automobile, a possible issue with the automobile, or a required service for the automobile.

16. The automobile device of claim 10, wherein:

the server receives the first data from a plurality of automobile devices, wherein each automobile device is installed in a different automobile; and

the server analyzes the first data from the plurality of automobile devices to determine a parameter related to a plurality of drivers, a parameter related to the plurality of automobiles, or a parameter related to an environment from which the first data is received.

17. The automobile device of claim 11, wherein the server receives one or more location information and one or more time-stamps with the first data.

18. The automobile device of claim 11, wherein the instructions, when executed, further cause the automobile device to store:

a first network address of the server; and

a second network address of the automobile device.