Method and system for managing access of vehicle compartment
Methods and systems for improving security of a vehicle are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, from a requester, a request to access a vehicle compartment of a vehicle; determining a scope of access of the vehicle compartment for the requester based on an operation of the vehicle; and configuring a lock mechanism of the vehicle compartment based on the scope of access.
1. An apparatus comprising:
a memory that stores a set of instructions; and
a hardware processor configured to execute the set of instructions to:
receive, from a requester, a request to access a vehicle compartment of a vehicle;
determine a scope of access of the vehicle compartment for the requester based on an operation of the vehicle; and
configure a lock mechanism of the vehicle compartment based on the scope of access.
2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to:
determine the scope of access based on whether the requester has performed a check-in process at a management server, the check-in process comprising the requester providing credential information to authenticate that the requester is a privileged user.
3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to:
receive an access token from a management server, the access token including an indication of the scope of access of the vehicle compartment and is transmitted by the management server based on a command from a trusted entity; and
responsive to receiving the access token, disable the lock mechanism based on the indication.
4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the scope of access of the compartment comprises one of: no access to the vehicle compartment, one-time temporary access to the vehicle compartment, or unlimited access to the vehicle compartment.
5. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the request includes a vehicle identifier of the vehicle and a requester identifier of the requester,
wherein the access token includes the vehicle identifier of the vehicle and the requester identifier.
6. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the scope of access includes an expiration time of the access token; and
wherein the disabling of the lock mechanism is based on a current time preceding the expiration time.
7. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the scope of access includes a sequence number,
wherein the disabling of the lock mechanism is based on the sequence number being higher than a reference sequence number stored at an access control module, and
wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to: update the reference sequence number based on the sequence number after the lock mechanism is enabled.
8. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the access token includes a vehicle identifier; and
wherein the disabling of the lock mechanism is based on the vehicle identifier of the access token matching a reference vehicle identifier of the vehicle.
9. The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the hardware processor is configured to execute the set of instructions to: transmit, by a management server to an access control module, an access token indicating the scope of access,
wherein the access token is signed by a private management key of the management server, and
verify, by the access control module, a signature of the access token using a public management key of the management server.
10. The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the access token is also encrypted by a public key of the access control module; and
wherein the access control module decrypts the access token using a private key of the access control module after verifying the signature.