# US 2020/0396607 A1 · Establishing a wireless connection to a vehicle > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0396607 A1 - Document ID: US20200396607A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/910,251 - Filed: 2020-06-24 - Published: 2020-12-17 - Earliest claimed: 2014-07-21 - Assignees: WABCO GmbH - Applicants: WABCO GmbH - Inventors: Thomas DIECKMANN; Heiner MERTEN; Thomas WOLF - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200396607A1 ## CPC - H04W 12/06: Authentication - G06F 21/6227: {where protection concerns the structure of data, e.g. records, types, queries} - H04L 63/0876: {based on the identity of the terminal or configuration, e.g. MAC address, hardware or software configuration or device fingerprint} - H04L 63/18: {using different networks or channels, e.g. using out of band channels (cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving distinctive intermediate devices or communication paths H04L9/0827; cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for authentication using a plurality of channels H04L9/3215)} - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication - H04W 8/183: {Processing at user equipment or user record carrier} - H04W 12/08: Access security - H04W 12/50: Secure pairing of devices - H04W 76/14: Direct-mode setup - G06F 2221/2141: Access rights, e.g. capability lists, access control lists, access tables, access matrices - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - H04L 63/101: {Access control lists [ACL]} - 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 - H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network - H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)} - H04W 12/77: Graphical identity - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) ## Abstract A method for establishing a wireless connection between a mobile communication device and a communication module (14) of a vehicle (10) with an identifier (17) is disclosed. According to the method, access rights, namely links between vehicle identifiers (17) and user identifiers, as well as data required for establishing the wireless connection, are stored in a database server (16) outside of the mobile communication device. A control unit (11, 12) for carrying out the method is also disclosed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for establishing a wireless connection between a mobile communication device and a communication module of a vehicle with an identifier, comprising: a) providing a server outside the mobile communication device, the server including access rights between vehicle identifiers and user identifiers, and data required for establishing the wireless connection, b) recording with the mobile communication device the identifier of the vehicle, c) wherein the user identifier is present in the mobile communication device, d) transmitting by the mobile communication device to the server the vehicle identifier and the user identifier, e) checking by the server whether access rights exist for the transmitted combination of identifiers, f) if access rights exist, transmitting by the server the data required for establishing the wireless connection to the mobile communication unit, and g) establishing a wireless connection to the communication module from the mobile communications device. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the vehicle identifier comprises a number plate, a chassis number, a different optical pattern, data transmittable via RFID or data transmittable via NFC. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device reads the data representing the vehicle identifier as an optical pattern or via a radio link. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user identifier comprises data which are stored in the mobile communication device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device forwards the two identifiers via a mobile radio link or via a WLAN to an interface connected to the server. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the wireless connection from the mobile communication device to the communication module is a connection via a WLAN or Bluetooth. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mobile communication device comprises a mobile telephone with a WLAN function and/or Bluetooth function. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising emitting by the vehicle a visually or audibly perceptible signal after establishing the wireless connection between the mobile communication device and the communication module. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) A control unit for a vehicle with a communication module for carrying out the method as claimed in claim 1. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method as claimed in claim 1 further comprising inputting by the user in the mobile communication device data associated with the user identifier. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) The method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the radio link is a short-range radio link.