IP Library Granted Patent US 12,258,043
Granted Patent B2
US 12,258,043 · App. 17/505,138 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Systems and methods for performing remedial action while a wireless network of a vehicle is compromised

Inventor: Vasanthraj Rajanna (Karnataka, IN)
Assignee: Adeia Guides Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,258,043
App. No.
17/505,138
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are described for receiving a user selection indicating that a wireless network of a vehicle has been compromised; in response to receiving the user selection, causing the vehicle to be disconnected from the compromised wireless network; and while the vehicle is disconnected from the compromised wireless network performing a remedial action to enable the vehicle to navigate from a current location of the vehicle to a safe location.

Claims (56)

1. A method comprising:

determining that a wireless network of a vehicle has been compromised based on inbound signals from an external network causing an unexpected change in a functionality of the vehicle;

based on the unexpected change in the functionality of the vehicle, providing a notification to the user indicating that the wireless network of the vehicle has been compromised;

receiving a user selection indicating that the wireless network of the vehicle has been compromised;

in response to receiving the user selection, causing the vehicle to be disconnected from the compromised wireless network;

selecting a different network other than the compromised wireless network;

communicating, over the different network, with a network-connected device within a predefined vicinity of the vehicle to notify the network-connected device that the wireless network of the vehicle has been compromised;

while the vehicle is disconnected from the compromised wireless network:

performing a remedial action to enable the vehicle to navigate from a current location of the vehicle to a safe location;

wherein performing the remedial action comprises: causing, using control circuitry disconnected from the compromised wireless network, the vehicle to navigate from the current location of to the safe location based on instructions received from the network-connected device, and

wherein communicating, over the different network than the compromised wireless network, with the network-connected device is performed based on a user profile of a user positioned within the vehicle.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selection corresponds to receiving input associated with a physical switch positioned in the vehicle.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the user selection corresponds to receiving input associated with a graphical user interface of the vehicle or a graphical user interface of a user device.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein performing the remedial action comprises:

determining, using locally stored navigation data, a driving route from the current location of the vehicle to the safe location; and

causing, using control circuitry disconnected from the compromised wireless network, the vehicle to travel along the determined driving route from the current location to the safe location.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the compromised wireless network is one of a plurality of networks associated with the vehicle; and

communicating, over the different network than the compromised wireless network, with the network-connected device comprises:

performing the communicating with the network-connected device over the identified network;

wherein selecting the network other than the compromised wireless network comprises:

identifying a network of the plurality of networks that is determined, based on a comparison of network traffic conditions of the network with normal network traffic conditions, to be unlikely to be compromised.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein communicating, over the different network than the compromised wireless network, with the network-connected device is performed with another vehicle.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein:

the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode; and

performing the remedial action comprises generating for presentation a notification instructing a user to manually operate the vehicle.

8. The method of claim 1 , wherein the functionality of the vehicle relates to a navigational system of the vehicle, and wherein the unexpected change includes the navigational system ceasing to function.

9. A system comprising:

input/output circuitry configured to:

receive a user selection indicating that a wireless network of a vehicle has been compromised; and

communicate with a network-connected device within a predefined vicinity of the vehicle to notify the network-connected device that the wireless network of the vehicle has been compromised;

control circuitry configured to:

determine that the wireless network of the vehicle has been compromised based on inbound signals from an external network causing an unexpected change in a functionality of the vehicle;

based on the unexpected change in the functionality of the vehicle, provide a notification to the user indicating that the wireless network of the vehicle has been compromised;

select a different network other than the compromised wireless network, wherein the input/output circuitry is configured to communicate with the network-connected device using selected different network;

in response to receiving the user selection, cause the vehicle to be disconnected from the compromised wireless network; and

while the vehicle is disconnected from the compromised wireless network:

perform a remedial action to enable the vehicle to navigate from a current location of the vehicle to a safe location;

wherein the control circuitry is configured to perform the remedial action by causing, using control circuitry disconnected from the compromised wireless network, the vehicle to navigate from the current location of to the safe location based on instructions received from the network-connected device, and

wherein the control circuitry is configured to communicate, over the different network than the compromised wireless network, with the network-connected device based on a user profile of a user positioned within the vehicle.

10. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user selection corresponds to receiving input associated with a physical switch positioned in the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 9 , wherein the user selection corresponds to receiving input associated with a graphical user interface of the vehicle or a graphical user interface of a user device.

12. The system of claim 9 , wherein the control circuitry is configured to perform the remedial action by:

determining, using locally stored navigation data, a driving route from the current location of the vehicle to the safe location; and

causing, using control circuitry disconnected from the compromised wireless network, the vehicle to travel along the determined driving route from the current location to the safe location.

13. The system of claim 9 , wherein:

the compromised wireless network is one of a plurality of networks associated with the vehicle; and

the control circuitry is configured to communicate, over the different network than the compromised wireless network, with the network-connected device by:

performing the communicating with the network-connected device over the identified network;

wherein selecting the network other than the compromised wireless network comprises:

identifying a network of the plurality of networks that is determined, based on a comparison of network traffic conditions of the network with normal network traffic conditions, to be unlikely to be compromised.

14. The system of claim 9 , wherein the network-connected device is another vehicle.

15. The system of claim 9 , wherein:

the vehicle is in an autonomous driving mode; and

wherein the control circuitry is further configured to perform the remedial action by generating for presentation a notification instructing a user to manually operate the vehicle.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein the functionality of the vehicle relates to a navigational system of the vehicle, and wherein the unexpected change includes the navigational system ceasing to function.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 4, 2024
From: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
To: ADEIA GUIDES INC.
Reel/Frame 069113/0399 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: ADEIA GUIDES INC.; ADEIA MEDIA HOLDINGS LLC; ADEIA MEDIA SOLUTIONS INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR BONDING TECHNOLOGIES INC.; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR SOLUTIONS LLC; ADEIA SEMICONDUCTOR TECHNOLOGIES LLC
To: BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 063707/0884 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2022
From: RAJANNA, VASANTHRAJ
To: ROVI GUIDES, INC.
Reel/Frame 058554/0566 →
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