IP Library Granted Patent US 11,386,722
Granted Patent B2
US 11,386,722 · App. 16/510,896 · Granted Jul 12, 2022

Remote access of transports

Inventors: Neil Dutta (Addison, TX); Senthilkumar Gopal Kalaimani (Frisco, TX); Shingo Sugimoto (Frisco, TX); Andrew L. Wells (Denton, TX); Shintaro Iwaasa (Frisco, TX); Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX); Robert D. Slater (Murphy, TX); Joshua V. Marasigan (Carrollton, TX); Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX); Ryan T. Oehler (Plano, TX)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
G07C5/008G07C5/0808G08G1/205H04L9/0643H04L9/088H04L2209/38
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Patent No.
US 11,386,722
App. No.
16/510,896
Granted
Jul 12, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation may include one or more of requesting, by a processor of a device, permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations, in response to receiving the permissions from the network of the plurality of the diagnostic locations, authenticating the diagnostic location, by the device, providing a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location, and receiving, by the device, diagnostics from the diagnostic location.

Claims (34)

1. A method, comprising:

requesting, by a processor of a device, permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations;

in response to receiving the permissions from the network of the plurality of diagnostic locations, authenticating the diagnostic location, by the device;

providing a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location; and

receiving, by the device, diagnostics from the diagnostic location.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising encrypting the one-time access key with a private key of the transport.

3. The method of claim 1 , further comprising collecting the permissions from a subset of the plurality of diagnostic locations located in a pre-defined geographical area.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising collecting the permissions from diagnostic locations located within a certain distance from a location of the transport.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the permissions constitute a blockchain consensus.

6. The method of claim 5 , further comprising responsive to the consensus being reached, executing a smart contract to store a diagnostics report on a ledger of the blockchain.

7. The method of claim 6 , further comprising executing a blockchain transaction to update the one-time access key on the ledger of the blockchain to limit a future access to the transport by the diagnostic location.

8. A system, comprising:

a processor of a device;

a non-transitory memory on which are stored machine readable instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to:

request permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations;

in response to receipt of the permissions from the network of the plurality of diagnostic locations, authenticate the diagnostic location, by the device;

provide a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location; and

receive diagnostics from the diagnostic location.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to encrypt the one-time access key with a private key of the transport.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to collect the permissions from a subset of the plurality of diagnostic locations located in a pre-defined geographical area.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to collect the permissions from diagnostic locations located within a certain distance from a location of the transport.

12. The system of claim 8 , wherein the permissions constitute a blockchain consensus.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to responsive to the consensus being reached, execute a smart contract to store a diagnostics report on a ledger of the blockchain.

14. The system of claim 13 , wherein the instructions are further to cause the processor to execute a blockchain transaction to update the one-time access key on the ledger of the blockchain to limit a future access to the transport by the diagnostic location.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

requesting permissions to provide access to a transport to a diagnostic location from a network of a plurality of diagnostic locations;

in response to receiving the permissions from the network of the plurality of diagnostic locations, authenticating the diagnostic location;

providing a pre-stored one-time access key to the transport to the diagnostic location; and

receiving, by the device, diagnostics from the diagnostic location.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to encrypt the one-time access key with a private key of the transport.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to collect the permissions from a subset of the plurality of diagnostic locations located in a pre-defined geographical area.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to collect the permissions from diagnostic locations located within a certain distance from a location of the transport.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the permissions constitute a blockchain consensus.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , further comprising instructions, that when read by the processor, cause the processor to responsive to the consensus being reached, execute a smart contract to store a diagnostics report on a ledger of the blockchain.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2019
From: DUTTA, NEIL; GOPAL KALAIMANI, SENTHILKUMAR; SUGIMOTO, SHINGO; WELLS, ANDREW L.; IWAASA, SHINTARO; SALLES, FELIPE G.; SLATER, ROBERT D.; MARASIGAN, JOSHUA V.; BATIE, JOSHUA C.; OEHLER, RYAN T.
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
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