# US 2025/0148833 A1 · System for managing electronic card of vehicle, apparatus therefor, and method therefor > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0148833 A1 - Document ID: US20250148833A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/598,919 - Filed: 2024-03-07 - Published: 2025-05-08 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-07 - Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company; Kia Corporation - Inventors: Seung Jae Lee; Dong Chan Shin - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250148833A1 ## CPC - G07B 15/063: {using wireless information transmission between the vehicle and a fixed station (identification of vehicles G08G)} - G06F 16/23: Updating - G06Q 20/308: {using the Internet of Things} - G06Q 20/322: {Aspects of commerce using mobile devices [M-devices]} - G06Q 20/351: {Virtual cards} - H04W 4/40: for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P] - G06Q 2240/00: Transportation facility access, e.g. fares, tolls or parking - G07B: TICKET-ISSUING APPARATUS; FARE-REGISTERING APPARATUS; FRANKING APPARATUS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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) ## Abstract In an embodiment, a system for managing an electronic card of a vehicle, an apparatus therefor, and a method therefor can include a processor configured to recognize a unique identification of a terminal loaded in the vehicle, compare the unique identification of the terminal loaded in the vehicle with a first unique identification stored in a memory to determine whether the terminal loaded in the vehicle is replaced, and if it is determined that the terminal loaded in the vehicle is replaced with a second terminal different from the first terminal, transmit a second unique identification of the second terminal to a server. The server may update the first unique identification to the second unique identification transmitted from the processor and delete a second electronic card previously issued to the second terminal. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for managing an electronic card of a vehicle, the system comprising: memory configured to store computer-executable code and terminal data obtained by matching an identification number of the vehicle with a first unique identification of a first terminal; a server configured to store server data obtained by matching the identification number of the vehicle, the first unique identification of the first terminal, and a first electronic card; and a processor configured to execute the code, wherein the code comprises first program instructions for the processor to: recognize a unique identification of a terminal loaded in the vehicle, wherein the terminal is configured to wirelessly pay a toll using the electronic card being configured in the terminal, compare the unique identification of the terminal loaded into the vehicle with the first unique identification stored in the memory to determine whether the terminal loaded into the vehicle is replaced, and in response to determining that the terminal loaded into the vehicle is replaced with a second terminal, transmit a second unique identification of the second terminal to the server, and wherein the server is configured to update the first unique identification to the second unique identification transmitted from the processor and delete a second electronic card previously issued to the second terminal. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to back up data for one of or both of the first unique identification of the first terminal and the first electronic card to a backup database of the server, in response to the terminal loaded into the vehicle being replaced with the second terminal. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the server is configured to delete the data backed up to the backup database of the server, in response to a new electronic card being issued to the second terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the server is configured to delete the data backed up to the backup database of the server, in response to the first terminal being loaded into another vehicle different from the vehicle and a new electronic card being issued to the first terminal. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the code further comprises second program instructions for the processor to determine whether the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal rather than a third terminal, using the data backed up to a backup database of the server, in response to the second terminal being replaced with another terminal again. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the code further comprises second program instructions for the processor to determine that the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal rather than a third terminal, in response to another unique identification of another terminal replacing the second terminal being identical to the first unique identification of the first terminal, wherein the first unique identification is backed up in the backup database of the server. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the server is configured to not delete the first electronic card issued to the first terminal replacing the second terminal, in response it being determined that the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the server is configured to update the second unique identification of the second terminal to the first unique identification of the first terminal, in response to it being determined that the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the electronic card includes a payment modality configured to pay tolls of an electronic toll collection system (ETCS). ### Claim 10 An apparatus for managing an electronic card of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising: a memory storing computer-executable code and terminal data obtained by matching an identification number of the vehicle with a first unique identification of a first terminal; and a processor configured to execute the computer-executable code, wherein the code comprises first program instructions for the processor to recognize a unique identification of a terminal loaded in the vehicle, compare the unique identification of the terminal loaded in the vehicle with the first unique identification stored in the memory to determine whether the terminal loaded in the vehicle is replaced, and in response to determining that the terminal loaded in the vehicle is replaced with a second terminal, transmit a second unique identification of the second terminal to a server. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the code further comprises second program instructions for the processor to prompt a first operation to back up first data including one of or both of the first unique identification of the first terminal and a first electronic card in a backup database of the server, in response to determining that the terminal loaded in the vehicle is replaced with the second terminal, and determine whether the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal rather than a third terminal, by comparing a third unique identification of the third terminal with the first unique identification of the first terminal using the first data backed up in the backup database of the server. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the server is configured to not delete a first electronic card previously issued to the first terminal, in response to the processor determining that the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal. ### Claim 13 A method for managing an electronic card of a vehicle, the method comprising: recognizing a unique identification of a terminal loaded in the vehicle; comparing the unique identification of the terminal loaded in the vehicle with a first unique identification of a first terminal, wherein the first unique identification is stored in a memory of the vehicle, to determine whether the terminal loaded into the vehicle is replaced; if it is determined that the terminal loaded into the vehicle is replaced with a second terminal different from the first terminal, transmitting a second unique identification of the second terminal to a server; updating the first unique identification to the second unique identification in a server database of the server; and deleting a second electronic device previously issued to the second terminal. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising, in response to the terminal loaded into the vehicle being replaced with the second terminal, storing first data including one of or both of the first unique identification of the first terminal and a first electronic card to a backup database of the server. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, further comprising, in response to a new electronic card being issued to the second terminal or the first terminal, deleting the first data stored in the backup database of the server. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14, wherein the recognizing of the unique identification of the terminal loaded in the vehicle and the comparing of the unique identification of the terminal loaded in the vehicle with the first unique identification of the first terminal are together replaced by determining whether the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal rather than a third terminal using the first data in response to the second terminal being replaced. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the determining of whether the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal rather than the third terminal includes determining that the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal based on a replaced unique identification being identical to the first unique identification of the first terminal. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The method of claim 17, further comprises not deleting the first electronic card issued to the first terminal in response to the determining that the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The method of claim 16, wherein the updating of the first unique identification to the second unique identification is replaced by updating the second unique identification of the second terminal to the first unique identification of the first terminal in response to determining that the second terminal is replaced with the first terminal. ### Claim 20 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the electronic card includes a payment modality configured to pay tolls of an electronic toll collection system (ETCS).