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US 12,198,487 · App. 18/319,652 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Management device, management method, and non-transitory computer readable recording medium recording management program

Inventors: Katsuharu Tachibana (Nagoya, JP); Nana Kikuire (Shizuoka-ken, JP); Hiroshi Inoue (Nagoya, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G07C9/00571G07C9/00896
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Patent No.
US 12,198,487
App. No.
18/319,652
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A management device that includes: a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein: the memory is configured to store communication information corresponding to versions of a protocol of a digital key that implements a key operation of a vehicle from a terminal registered at the vehicle; and the processor is configured to, in response to receiving a communication request in accordance with a predetermined version of the communication information from the terminal, delete communication information corresponding to a version preceding the predetermined version from the memory.

Claims (22)

1. A management device comprising:

a memory; and

a processor coupled to the memory, wherein:

the memory is configured to store communication information corresponding to versions of a protocol of a digital key that implements a key operation of a vehicle from a terminal registered at the vehicle; and

the processor is configured to, in response to receiving a communication request in accordance with a predetermined version of the communication information from the terminal, delete communication information corresponding to a version preceding the predetermined version from the memory,

wherein

at least two terminals are registered as being subject to the key operation of the vehicle; and

the processor is configured to report an update to the predetermined version to a communication address associated with a terminal, among the at least two terminals, that has not transmitted a communication request in accordance with the predetermined version.

2. The management device according to claim 1 , wherein the processor is configured to delete the communication information corresponding to the version preceding the predetermined version, in response to a predetermined period of time passing after the communication request in accordance with the predetermined version has been received.

3. A management method comprising:

by a processor,

receiving a communication request from a terminal registered at a vehicle in accordance with communication information stored at a memory, the communication information corresponding to versions of a protocol of a digital key that implements a key operation of the vehicle; and

in a case in which the received communication request is in accordance with a predetermined version of the communication information, deleting communication information corresponding to a version preceding the predetermined version from the memory,

wherein

at least two terminals are registered as being subject to the key operation of the vehicle; and

the processor is configured to report an update to the predetermined version to a communication address associated with a terminal, among the at least two terminals, that has not transmitted a communication request in accordance with the predetermined version.

4. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium recording a management program that is executable by a processor to execute processing, the processing comprising:

receiving a communication request from a terminal registered at a vehicle in accordance with communication information stored at a memory, the communication information corresponding to versions of a protocol of a digital key that implements a key operation of the vehicle; and

in a case in which the received communication request is in accordance with a predetermined version of the communication information, deleting communication information corresponding to a version preceding the predetermined version from the memory,

wherein

at least two terminals are registered as being subject to the key operation of the vehicle; and

the processor is configured to report an update to the predetermined version to a communication address associated with a terminal, among the at least two terminals, that has not transmitted a communication request in accordance with the predetermined version.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 19, 2023
From: TACHIBANA, KATSUHARU; KIKUIRE, NANA; INOUE, HIROSHI
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 063695/0765 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-100682 · Jun 22, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230419756A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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