# US 2023/0068045 A1 · Method and system for activating access to a vehicle parked in an area not covered by a data network

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- Number: US 2023/0068045 A1
- Document ID: US20230068045A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/790,217
- Filed: 2020-12-29
- Published: 2023-03-02
- Earliest claimed: 2019-12-30
- Assignees: Vulog
- Applicants: Vulog
- Inventors: François COLON
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20230068045A1

## CPC

- B60R 25/24: using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
- G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06Q 10/028: {for seating or spaces in a venue}
- G06Q 30/0645: Rental transactions; Leasing transactions
- G06Q 50/40: Business processes related to the transportation industry (shipping G06Q10/083)
- H04W 4/029: Location-based management or tracking services
- H04W 4/33: for indoor environments, e.g. buildings
- H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
- H04W 4/46: for vehicle-to-vehicle communication [V2V]
- H04W 4/80: Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication
- H04W 12/08: Access security
- B60R 2325/103: Near field communication [NFC]
- G07C 9/00309: {operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks}
- G08G 1/005: including pedestrian guidance indicator
- G08G 1/202: {Dispatching vehicles on the basis of a location, e.g. taxi dispatching}
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- 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
- H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72)
- G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
- G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93})

## Abstract

The invention relates to a method for activating access to a vehicle within a vehicle fleet parked in a parking area not covered by a data network, comprising the following steps: transmission of an activation signal from a user's computer equipment, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area, reception of the activation signal by embedded computer equipment of a plurality of vehicles of the vehicle fleet, implementation of a computerised logic process leading to the election of at least one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles, identification of the elected vehicle: by transmitting, from the elected vehicle, location information of said vehicle, and/or by transmitting one or more pieces of identification data of the elected vehicle to the user equipment, from the embedded equipment of one of the plurality of vehicles, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area, transmission of an access authorisation to the elected vehicle's embedded equipment from the user equipment, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area, activation of access to the elected vehicle following reception of the access authorisation by the embedded equipment of said vehicle.

## Claims

### Claim at position 1

1-11. (canceled)

### Claim 12

A method for activating access to a vehicle within a vehicle fleet parked in a parking area not covered by a data network, comprising:
transmitting an activation signal from a piece of computer equipment of a user, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area,
receiving the activation signal by embedded computer equipment from a plurality of vehicles of the vehicle fleet,
implementing a computerised logic process leading to the election of at least one vehicle from among the plurality of vehicles,
wherein the process is based:
on an analysis of the available fuel level and/or the electrical charging level of the vehicles of the plurality of vehicles, or
on an analysis of the intensity with which the embedded computer equipment has received the activation signal,
identification of the elected vehicle:
by transmitting, from the elected vehicle, location information of said vehicle, and/or
by transmitting one or more pieces of identification data of the elected vehicle to the user equipment, from the embedded equipment of a vehicle from one of the plurality of vehicles, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area,
transmission of an access authorization to the embedded equipment of the elected vehicle, from the user equipment, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area,
activation of access to the elected vehicle following the reception of the access authorization by the embedded equipment of said vehicle.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein the location information comprises at least one of an audible and/or visual signal transmitted by the elected vehicle.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein the location information comprises information on the location of the elected vehicle in the parking area.

### Claim 15 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, further comprising:
receiving the activation signal by the computer equipment of a first vehicle of the plurality of vehicles,
transmitting the activation signal from the computer equipment of the first vehicle to at least the computer equipment of a second vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, and
transmitting the activation signal from the computer equipment of the second vehicle to at least the computer equipment of a third vehicle of the plurality of vehicles,
wherein the signal transmission between the first vehicle, the second vehicle and third vehicle is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area.

### Claim 16 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, further comprising arranging the embedded equipment in the form of a wireless mesh network.

### Claim 17 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein the computerized election logic process comprises:
developing a selectable list, wherein the vehicles of the plurality of vehicles are ranked in descending order of fuel and/or charge level, each vehicle of the list being associated with a unique ID,
transmitting the list to the user equipment, from the embedded equipment of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area,
selecting (SELECT), from the user equipment (EQU), of a vehicle from among the vehicles of the list,
transmitting the unique ID of the selected vehicle, to the embedded equipment, of a vehicle of the plurality of vehicles, from the user equipment, which transmission is done via a short-range wireless connection in the parking area,
completing the selection process by electing the selected vehicle.

### Claim 18 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, further comprising:
storing, in a memory of each piece of embedded equipment of the vehicles of the plurality of vehicles, of a list of user IDs and/or user equipment IDs associated with unwanted users,
integrating, in the access authorization, a user ID and/or a user equipment ID,
for activating access to the elected vehicle, prior verification by the embedded equipment of said vehicle, that the user ID and/or the user equipment ID are not registered in said list.

### Claim 19 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, further comprising integrating an ID in the activation signal, which ID is adapted to trigger the computerized election logic process.

### Claim 20 (depends on 12)

The method according to claim 12, wherein the short-range wireless connection uses a communication protocol from the following family: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Z-Wave, ANT, ZIGBEE, Infrared.

### Claim 21 (depends on 12)

A system comprising at least one piece of equipment of a user and at least one piece of embedded computer equipment of a vehicle, for implementing the method of claim 12.

### Claim 22 (depends on 12)

A computer program product comprising code instructions for executing a method according to claim 12, when it is executed by at least one piece of embedded computer equipment of a vehicle.