System and method for vehicle data communication
OwnerRaymond A. Sudainventor
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Abstract
A vehicle communication system includes an electrical connector coupled to a first vehicle and including a plurality of pins configured to carry signals between the first vehicle and a second vehicle, the plurality of pins including a first pin configured to receive electrical power and a second pin configured to act as a signal ground, and a communication circuit coupled to the first and second pins of the electrical connector and configured to transmit an identification signal on the first pin to the second vehicle.
Claims20
A vehicle communication system comprising:
- an electrical connector coupled to a first vehicle and comprising a plurality of pins configured to carry signals between the first vehicle and a second vehicle, the plurality of pins comprising a first pin configured to receive electrical power and a second pin configured to act as a signal ground;
- and
- a communication circuit coupled to the first and second pins of the electrical connector and configured to transmit an identification signal on the first pin to the second vehicle.
A method of transmitting an identification signal by a vehicle communication system, the method comprising:
- identifying an identifier associated with a vehicle identification number (VIN) of a first vehicle coupled to the vehicle communication system;
- generating a random seed number;
- intertwining bits of the random seed number and the identifier to generate an intertwined value;
- encrypting the intertwined value via an encryption key to generate an encrypted identifier;
- scrambling bits of the encrypted identifier to generate the identification signal;
- and
- transmitting the identification signal to a second vehicle coupled to the first vehicle.
A method of vehicle identification, the method comprising:
- identifying an identifier associated with a vehicle identification number (VIN) of a first vehicle;
- coding the identifier to generate an identification signal;
- transmitting the identification signal to a second vehicle that is electrically coupled to the first vehicle;
- transmitting a transmission signal corresponding to the identification signal to a remote server;
- and
- receiving, from the remote server, the VIN of the first vehicle at the second vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.