Mobile device enabled tiered data exchange via a vehicle

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11438333-B2
Application number	US-202016902227-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 15, 2020
Priority date	Nov 8, 2013
Publication date	Sep 6, 2022
Grant date	Sep 6, 2022

Abstract

A mobile device enabled tiered data exchange via a vehicle is disclosed. A mobile device can access profile information related to a tiered-data sharing profile. The tiered-data sharing profile can associate data with a sharing tier designating security, privacy, or authorization constraints on sharing the associated data. A sharing tier can further designate obfuscation of the data as a constraint on sharing the data. The mobile device can enable access to the data subject to the constraints of the tiered-data sharing profile. In an embodiment, tiered data can be shared from the mobile device to an external service device via vehicle device. In another embodiment, tiered data can be shared from the mobile device to a service device of the vehicle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A service device, comprising:
a processor; and
a memory that stores executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
in response to a representation of content information being selected, based on a defined security level, from a group of respective representations of content information corresponding to defined security levels comprising the defined security level, receiving, from a vehicle device associated with a vehicle, the representation of the content information to enable, based on the defined security level, secured sharing of the representation of the content information with the service device, wherein the service device is located proximate to the vehicle; and
enabling, via an access to an account corresponding to the service device, the secured sharing of the representation of the content information corresponding to the defined security level.

2. The service device of claim 1 , wherein receiving the representation of the content information comprises:
in response to receiving, from a mobile device, an authorization to share the representation of the content information, receiving the representation of the content information from the mobile device.

3. The service device of claim 2 , wherein receiving the authorization comprises:
receiving the authorization based on an input that is associated with a user identity.

4. The service device of claim 3 , wherein the input is received in response to querying the mobile device for the authorization.

5. The service device of claim 1 , wherein the representation is an electronic representation and the secured sharing is via a radio frequency wireless interface, and wherein the service device being proximate to the vehicle comprises the service device being within a distance allowing the service device to receive a radio frequency signal from the vehicle device via the radio frequency wireless interface.

6. The service device of claim 1 , wherein the secured sharing is via an infrared wireless interface, and wherein the service device being proximate to the vehicle comprises the service device being within a distance allowing the service device to receive an infrared signal from the vehicle device via the infrared wireless interface.

7. The service device of claim 1 , wherein the representation is a tonal representation and the secured sharing is via an audio signal generated by the vehicle, and wherein the service device being proximate to the vehicle comprises the service device being within a distance allowing the service device to receive the audio signal from the vehicle device.

8. The service device of claim 7 , wherein the audio signal has been generated by the vehicle via an audio system comprising a speaker device.

9. The service device of claim 1 , wherein the representation is a visual representation and the secured sharing is via a generation of an image via an image display device of the vehicle, and wherein the service device being proximate to the vehicle comprises the service device being within a distance allowing the service device to receive the image from the vehicle device via the image display device.

10. The service device of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the image comprises generation of a bar code image.

11. The service device of claim 9 , wherein the generation of the image comprises generation of a matrix bar code image.

12. The service device of claim 1 , wherein the secured sharing comprises a generation of an optical signal by an optical device of the vehicle.

13. The service device of claim 12 , wherein the generation of the optical signal comprises pulsing a headlight device.

14. A method, comprising:
in response to a representation of account information being selected from a group of respective representations of account information corresponding to defined security levels, receiving, by a service device comprising a processor, the representation of the account information from a vehicle device to facilitate, based on a defined security level of the defined security levels corresponding to the representation of the account information, an access of an account corresponding to the account information, wherein the service device is located proximate to a vehicle comprising the vehicle device; and
based on the defined security level, accessing, by the service device, the account corresponding to the account information.

15. The method of claim 14 ,
wherein receiving the representation of the account information comprises:
in response to an authorization to share the representation of the account information being received via a mobile device, receiving the representation of the account information.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein receiving the representation of the account information is in response to the mobile device receiving an external input.

17. The method of claim 14 , wherein receiving the representation of the account information occurs in response to a query from the service device.

18. A non-transitory machine-readable medium, comprising executable instructions that, when executed by a service device comprising a processor, facilitate performance of operations, comprising:
in response to a representation of content information being selected based on a defined security level of a group of respective defined security levels corresponding to representations of content information comprising the representation of content information, receiving the representation of content information from a vehicle device to facilitate, based on the defined security level, an access of an account corresponding to account information, wherein the representation comprises the content information, wherein the service device is located proximate to a vehicle comprising the vehicle device, and wherein the content information comprises the account information; and
accessing the account information to initiate the access of the account.

19. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 18 , wherein receiving the representation of content information comprises:
in response to receiving, from a mobile device, an authorization to share the representation of the content information, receiving the representation of content information.

20. The non-transitory machine-readable medium of claim 19 , wherein receiving the representation is performed in response to a query from the service device.

Assignees

• At & T Mobility Ii Llc
• At & T Ip I Lp
• At&T Iniellectual Property I L P

Inventors

• Arasavelli Yehoshuva
• Chien Ginger Li

Classifications

• H04L63/102

  Entity profiles · CPC title

• H04W4/80

  Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication · CPC title

• H04L63/105

  Multiple levels of security · CPC title

• H04L67/12 Primary

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• H04L63/10 Primary

  for controlling access to devices or network resources · CPC title