Methods and systems for secure communication between wireless electronic devices and vehicles
View Patent ↗Methods and systems are provided for communicating with a vehicle. In one embodiment, a portable communication device for communicating with a vehicle is provided. The portable communication device includes memory that stores vehicle specific information. The portable communication device further includes at least one processor that executes instructions that cause the portable communication device to enable a secure communication between a wireless end device and the vehicle based on the vehicle specific information.
1. A portable communication device for communicating with a vehicle, comprising:
memory that stores vehicle specific information, and
at least one processor that executes instructions that cause the portable communication device to enable a secure communication between a personal wireless end device other than the portable communication device and the vehicle based on the vehicle specific information.
2. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions further cause the portable communication device to enable the secure communicate between the personal wireless end device other than the portable communication device and the vehicle by communicating directly with the vehicle.
3. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions further cause the portable communication device to enable the secure communication between the personal wireless end device other than the portable communication device and the vehicle by communicating indirectly with the vehicle through a remote server.
4. The portable communication device of claim 3 wherein the instructions further cause the portable communication device to enable the secure communication between the personal wireless end device other than the portable communication device and the vehicle by communicating indirectly with the vehicle through the personal wireless end device communicating with the remote server.
5. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions further cause the portable communication device to enable the secure communication between the personal wireless end device other than the portable communication device and the vehicle by communicating directly with the personal wireless end device.
6. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions further cause the portable communication device to enable the secure communication between the personal wireless end device other than the portable communication device and the vehicle by communicating directly with the personal wireless end device and directly with the vehicle.
7. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive the vehicle specific information from the vehicle.
8. The portable communication device of claim 7 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive the vehicle specific information from the vehicle using a connected communication.
9. The portable communication device of claim 7 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive the vehicle specific information from the vehicle based on a proximity of the portable communication device to the vehicle.
10. The portable communication device of claim 7 wherein the instructions further cause the portable communication device to receive the vehicle specific information from the vehicle based on a proximity of the portable communication device and the personal wireless end device to the vehicle.
11. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the vehicle specific information comprises encryption information.
12. The portable communication device of claim 11 wherein the encryption information comprises an encryption key.
13. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the vehicle specific information comprises encryption information and a vehicle identification number.
14. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to send information about the portable communication device to the vehicle.
15. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive information about the personal wireless end device.
16. The portable communication device of claim 15 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to send the information about the personal wireless end device to the vehicle.
17. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive data from the vehicle using a connectionless communication.
18. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive data from the vehicle and to encrypt the data from the vehicles using the vehicle specific information.
19. The portable communication device of claim 18 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to send the encrypted data to the vehicle using a connectionless communication.
20. The portable communication device of claim 18 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to send the encrypted data to the wireless end device using a connected communication.
21. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive data from the personal wireless end device using a connected communication.
22. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive data from the personal wireless end device and to encrypt the data from the personal wireless end device using the vehicle specific information.
23. The portable communication device of claim 22 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to send the encrypted data to the personal wireless end device using a connected communication.
24. The portable communication device of claim 22 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to send the encrypted data to the vehicle using a connectionless communication.
25. The portable communication device of claim 1 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to receive data from the personal wireless end device, to encrypt the data from the personal wireless end device using the vehicle specific information, to receive the data from the vehicle, and to encrypt the data from the vehicle using the vehicle specific information.
26. The portable communication device of claim 25 wherein the instructions cause the portable communication device to send the encrypted data from the vehicle to the vehicle using a connectionless communication, and to send the encrypted data from the personal wireless end device to the wireless end device using a connected communication.