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US 2022/0044207 A1Published application
Vehicle service authorization
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsMichaela Vanderveen, Stephen John Barrett
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Abstract
In some examples, a system determines a context relating to a requested service of a vehicle, the context comprising information of a location related to the vehicle. The system authorizes the requested service based on the determined context.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- determining, by a system comprising a hardware processor, a context relating to a requested service of a vehicle, the context comprising information of a location related to the vehicle;
- authorizing, by the system, the requested service based on the determined context, the authorizing comprising a location-based check using the location related to the vehicle;
- and
- in response to authorizing the requested service that comprises the location-based check, changing a state of an electronic component of the vehicle to accept access from an external device as part of performing the requested service.
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A non-transitory machine-readable storage medium comprising instructions that upon execution cause a system to:
- receive a request for a service on a vehicle;
- in response to the request, attempt to authorize the service using a location-based check based on information of a location related to the vehicle;
- in response to being unable to authorize the service using the location-based check, send a second factor authentication indication to a target device;
- authorize the service responsive to a response based on the second factor authentication indication sent to the target device;
- and
- in response to authorizing the service responsive to the response based on the second factor authentication indication, change a state of an electronic component of the vehicle to accept access from an external device as part of performing the service.
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A system comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a non-transitory storage medium storing instructions executable on the processor to:
- determine a context relating to a requested service of a vehicle, the context comprising information of a location related to the vehicle;
- determine whether to authorize the requested service based on the determined context, wherein the determining whether to authorize the requested service comprising a location-based check using the location related to the vehicle;
- and
- in response to determining to authorize the requested service based on the determined context, change a state of an electronic component of the vehicle to accept access from an external device as part of performing the requested service.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.