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US 10,834,199 B2Granted
Cloud authorized vehicle control
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsKarl Nathan Clark, Jason Michael Miller, Xin Ye, James Michael Weinfurther, Vijayababu Jayaraman
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Abstract
A vehicle includes a controller, programmed to responsive to receiving a command from a non-customer party, send an authorization request based on the command and a predefined vehicle parameter to a server; and responsive to receiving a signed command from the server, execute the signed command.
Claims16
A vehicle, comprising:
- a controller, programmed to
- responsive to receiving a command from a non-customer party, send an authorization request based on the command and a predefined vehicle parameter to a server;
- responsive to receiving a signed command from the server, execute the signed command;
- and
- delay execution of the signed command midi the vehicle is not in use.
2 more elements
A method for a vehicle, comprising:
- detecting a non-customer-initiated command induced by a controller within the vehicle responsive to a pre-condition being met;
- generating an authorization and authentication request based on the non-customer-initiated command;
- sending the authorization and authentication request to a server;
- receiving a signed command authorizing and authenticating the non-customer-initiated command;
- executing the signed command;
- receiving a time condition indicative of a time frame within which the signed command is authorized to be executed;
- and
- resend the authorization and authentication request responsive to failing to execute the signed command within the time frame.
5 more elements
A vehicle system, comprising
- a controller programmed to,
- responsive to receiving a data file wirelessly from a non-customer party, send an authorization and authentication request based on the data file to a server which is independent from the non-customer party,
- responsive to receiving a signed command from the server, distribute the data file to an ECU, and
- responsive to receiving a rejection from the server indicative of the data file being inauthentic, delete the data file and report an error event to a server.
1 more element
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.