Customer driving mode for vehicles
An access assessment tool is described for providing a technical solution for selectively controlling access to restricted information and/or implementation of restricted functionalities based on a current vehicle mode and/or validated credentials. The access assessment tool described herein controls the validation of a user or diagnostic tool requesting access to restricted information or implementation of a restricted function before allowing access to the restricted information or allowing implementation of the restricted function.
1. A vehicle comprising:
memory to store restricted information including a default cabin temperature;
a vehicle module;
a gateway interface to receive a diagnostic tool; and
a processor to:
receive, from the diagnostic tool, a request including security credentials for the restricted information;
determine whether to enable the diagnostic tool to modify the default cabin temperature based on the security credentials of the request; and
control the vehicle module based on the default cabin temperature.
2. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to determine whether to allow the diagnostic tool to access the restricted information based on a current vehicle mode.
3. The vehicle of claim 2 , wherein the current vehicle mode is one of a factory mode, a transport mode, or a service mode.
4. The vehicle of claim 3 , wherein the current vehicle mode operates in either an unrestricted access setting or a restricted access setting.
5. The vehicle of claim 1 , further comprising a network interface configured to communicate with a security server; and
wherein the processor is further configured to:
control the network interface to communicate the request to the security server and receive an access decision from the security server based on the security credentials; and
determine whether to allow the diagnostic tool to access the restricted information based the access decision.
6. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the restricted information includes diagnostic identifier data.
7. The vehicle of claim 1 , wherein the processor is further configured to:
determine whether to enable a predetermined function for modifying the restricted information based on the security credentials; and
control operation of the vehicle module based on the restricted information.
8. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle module includes a vehicle temperature control module.
9. The vehicle of claim 7 , wherein the predetermined function includes a change to an access setting for a current vehicle mode.
10. A vehicle comprising:
memory to store restricted information including a default cabin temperature;
a vehicle module;
a gateway interface to receive a connection with an external diagnostic tool; and
a processor enabled to communicate with the memory and the gateway interface, the processor configured to:
receive, from the external diagnostic tool, a modification request including security credentials for modifying the default cabin temperature;
determine whether to allow modification of the default cabin temperature via the external diagnostic tool based on the security credentials; and
control the vehicle module based on the default cabin temperature.
11. A method comprising:
storing restricted information including a default cabin temperature of a vehicle;
receiving diagnostic tool via a gateway interface;
receiving, from the diagnostic tool, a request including security credentials for the restricted information;
authenticating the diagnostic tool based on the security credentials;
determining whether to enable the diagnostic tool to modify the default cabin temperature based on the security credentials; and
controlling a vehicle module based on the default cabin temperature.
12. The method of claim 11 , further including determining whether to allow the diagnostic tool to access the restricted information based on authentication of the diagnostic tool and a current vehicle mode.
13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the current vehicle mode is one of a factory mode, a transport mode, or a service mode.
14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the current vehicle mode operates in either an unrestricted access setting or a restricted access setting.
15. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
controlling communication of a validation request to a security server, the validation request including the security credentials;
receiving an access decision from the security server based on the security credentials; and
determining whether to allow the diagnostic tool to access the restricted information based the access decision.
16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the restricted information includes diagnostic identifier data.
17. The method of claim 11 , further comprising:
determining whether to enable a predetermined function for modifying the restricted information based on the security credentials included in the access request; and
controlling operation of the vehicle module based on the restricted information.
18. The method of claim 17 , wherein the vehicle module includes a vehicle temperature control module.
19. The method of claim 17 , wherein the predetermined function includes a change to an access setting for a current vehicle mode.
20. The method of claim 11 , further including determining whether to allow the diagnostic tool to access the restricted information based on sensor information obtained from the vehicle module.