Hybrid authentication of vehicle devices and/or mobile user devices
AssigneeValeo Comfort and Driving Assistance
InventorShahram Rezaei
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Abstract
A telematics control unit (TCU) of a vehicle includes at least one processor coupled to a memory, the at least one processor comprising a local authentication server configured to authenticate at least one device of a plurality of devices in the vehicle based on a first list of approved devices, and establish, upon successful authentication of the at least one device, a trusted communication link between the TCU and the at least one device to receive a first data from the at least one device and transmit a second data to the at least one device, wherein the first data is stored in the memory for future transmission to a remote server.
Claims17
A telematics control unit (TCU) of a vehicle, comprising:
- at least one processor coupled to a memory, the at least one processor comprising a local authentication unit configured to:
- locally authenticate, in a first step of a two-step authentication process, at least one device of a plurality of devices in the vehicle based on a first list of approved devices;
- and
- establish, upon successful authentication of the at least one device, a trusted communication link between the TCU and the at least one device to receive a first data from the at least one device and transmit a second data to the at least one device,
- wherein the first data is stored in the memory for future transmission to a remote server;
- the at least one processor further comprising an authentication client configured to:
- wirelessly authenticate the remote server;
- transmit at least a portion of the first data to the remote server;
- and
- send information regarding the TCU to the at least one device,
- wherein the at least one device authenticates the TCU in a second step of the two-step authentication process, by synchronizing the first list of approved devices and based on the information regarding the TCU, and
- wherein establishing the trusted communication link between the TCU and the at least one device is further based on the at least one device authenticating the TCU.
A method for authenticating devices in a vehicle, comprising:
- authenticating locally, using a telematics control unit (TCU) of the vehicle, in a first step of a two-step authentication process, at least one device of a plurality of devices in the vehicle based on a first list of approved devices;
- establishing, upon successful authentication of the at least one device, a trusted communication link between the TCU and the at least one device to receive a first data from the at least one device and transmit a second data to the at least one device;
- wirelessly authenticating the remote server using the TCU;
- transmitting at least a portion of the first data to the remote server, when connection to the remote server is enabled;
- and
- in a second step of the two-step authentication process, authenticating the TCU by synchronizing the list of approved devices when connection to the remote server is enabled,
- wherein the first data is stored in the memory for future transmission to a remote server.
A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when executed, cause a computer processor to:
- locally authenticate, using a telematics control unit (TCU) of a vehicle, in a first step of a two-step authentication process, at least one device of a plurality of devices in the vehicle based on a list of approved devices;
- establish, upon successful authentication of the at least one device, a trusted communication link between the TCU and the at least one device to receive a first data from the at least one device and transmit a second data to the at least one device;
- wirelessly authenticate the remote server using the TCU;
- transmit at least a portion of the first data to the remote server, when connection to the remote server is enabled;
- and
- in a second step of the two-step authentication process, authenticate the TCU by synchronizing the list of approved devices when connection to the remote server is enabled,
- wherein the first data is stored in the memory for future transmission to a remote server, and
- wherein the at least one device is authenticated independent of a network connection between the vehicle and the remote server.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.