# US 11,444,933 B2 · Onboard vehicle digital identification transmission > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,444,933 B2 - Document ID: US11444933B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/913,257 - Filed: 2020-06-26 - Published: 2021-01-21 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2015-12-29 - Assignees: Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC - Applicants: Idemia Identity & Security USA LLC - Inventors: Stephen Miu; Daniel Poder; Yecheng Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444933B2 ## CPC - H04L 63/0823: {using certificates (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving certificates H04L9/3263)} - G06Q 50/265: {Personal security, identity or safety} - G09C 5/00: Ciphering apparatus or methods not provided for in the preceding groups, e.g. involving the concealment or deformation of graphic data such as designs, written or printed messages - H04L 9/3231: {Biological data, e.g. fingerprint, voice or retina (network architectures or network communication protocols for supporting authentication of entities using biometrical features in a packet data network H04L63/0861)} - H04L 63/0861: {using biometrical features, e.g. fingerprint, retina-scan (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using biological data H04L9/3231)} - H04W 12/06: Authentication - H04W 12/062: Pre-authentication - H04W 12/068: {using credential vaults, e.g. password manager applications or one time password [OTP] applications} - H04W 12/08: Access security - H04W 12/084: using delegated authorisation, e.g. open authorisation [OAuth] protocol - H04L 2209/84: Vehicles - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - G09C: CIPHERING OR DECIPHERING APPARATUS FOR CRYPTOGRAPHIC OR OTHER PURPOSES INVOLVING THE NEED FOR SECRECY - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) ## Abstract A computer-implemented method includes: establishing a connection between a user device of a user and a system onboard a vehicle being driven by the user; requesting access, through the established connection, to user information on the user device; in response to a grant of access, retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the user device, the portion of user information including a digital identification document of the user that had been issued by an entity after having vetted the user, the digital identification document including a digital biometric of the user as well as a digital watermark indicating the issuing entity; and retaining, on the system onboard the vehicle, data encoding the digital identification document of the user on the vehicle such that when the vehicle is inspected by a third-party agent, the digital identification document of the user is presented to the third-party agent. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A computer-implemented method comprising: establishing a connection between a user device of a user and a system onboard a vehicle occupied by the user; requesting access, through the connection, to user information on the user device; in response to access being granted, retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the user device, the portion of user information including a digital identification document of the user issued by an entity after vetting the user, the digital identification document including a digital biometric of the user and a digital watermark indicating the issuing entity; and retaining, on the system onboard the vehicle, data encoding the digital identification document of the user, wherein when the vehicle is inspected by a third-party agent, the digital identification document of the user is presented to the third-party agent. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the user information further comprises a vehicle registration, insurance information, security settings, or user account information. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: transmitting the digital identification document to a computing device carried by the third party agent. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: establishing a connection between the user device and a digital identification server, wherein the digital identification server determines the digital identification is valid. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: periodically updating the user information on the user device. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising the system onboard the vehicle verifying, prior to establishing a connection, the user device is a trusted device. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the user device or onboard system comprises a mobile application and wherein the connection is established via the mobile application. ### Claim 8 A system comprising: at least one computing device, wherein the at least one computing device comprises at least one processor, a display, and one or more storage devices storing instructions that are operable, when executed by the one or more computing devices, to cause the one or more computing devices to perform operations comprising: establishing a connection between a user device of a user and a system onboard a vehicle occupied by the user; requesting access, through the connection, to user information on the user device; in response to access being granted, retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the user device, the portion of user information including a digital identification document of the user issued by an entity after vetting the user, the digital identification document including a digital biometric of the user and a digital watermark indicating the issuing entity; and retaining, on the system onboard the vehicle, data encoding the digital identification document of the user, wherein when the vehicle is inspected by a third-party agent, the digital identification document of the user is presented to the third-party agent. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein the user information further comprises a vehicle registration, insurance information, security settings, or user account information. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising: transmitting the digital identification document to a computing device carried by the third party agent. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising: establishing a connection between the user device and a digital identification server, wherein the digital identification server determines the digital identification is valid. ### Claim 12 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising: periodically updating the user information on the user device. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, the operations further comprising the system onboard the vehicle verifying, prior to establishing a connection, the user device is a trusted device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The system of claim 8, wherein at least one of the user device or onboard system comprises a mobile application and wherein the connection is established via the mobile application. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising: establishing a connection between a user device of a user and a system onboard a vehicle occupied by the user; requesting access, through the connection, to user information on the user device; in response to access being granted, retrieving at least a portion of the user information from the user device, the portion of user information including a digital identification document of the user issued by an entity after vetting the user, the digital identification document including a digital biometric of the user and a digital watermark indicating the issuing entity; and retaining, on the system onboard the vehicle, data encoding the digital identification document of the user, wherein when the vehicle is inspected by a third-party agent, the digital identification document of the user is presented to the third-party agent. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The medium of claim 15, wherein the user information further comprises a vehicle registration, insurance information, security settings, or user account information. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising: transmitting the digital identification document to a computing device carried by the third party agent. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising: establishing a connection between the user device and a digital identification server, wherein the digital identification server determines the digital identification is valid. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The medium of claim 15, the operations further comprising: periodically updating the user information on the user device. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, the operations further comprising the system onboard the vehicle verifying, prior to establishing a connection, the user device is a trusted device.