Vehicle deauthortization of user device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11455852-B2
Application number	US-202117171018-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 9, 2021
Priority date	Feb 9, 2021
Publication date	Sep 27, 2022
Grant date	Sep 27, 2022

Abstract

Authorization of a user device is suspended based on determining, for a first predetermined time, a distance between the user device and a vehicle is greater than a threshold distance. Then a user input specifying a vehicle parameter is requested. Upon receiving the user input, the user input is validated based on the user input matching a stored vehicle parameter. The user device is deauthorized based on a) failing to receive a valid user input within a second predetermined time, or b) receiving a number of invalid user inputs equal to a threshold number.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system, comprising a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory storing instructions executable by the processor to:
suspend authorization of a user device based on determining, for a first predetermined time, a distance between the user device and a vehicle is greater than a threshold distance;
then, based on suspending authorization of the user device based on determining the distance, request a user input specifying a vehicle parameter that is a measurable physical parameter of the vehicle;
upon receiving the user input, validate the user input based on the user input matching a stored vehicle parameter; and
deauthorize the user device based on a) failing to receive a valid user input within a second predetermined time, or b) receiving a number of invalid user inputs equal to a threshold number.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to reauthorize the user device based on receiving the valid user input within the second predetermined time.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, upon reauthorizing the user device, actuate a vehicle component based on receiving a message from the user device.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, upon suspending authorization of the user device, prevent actuation of a vehicle component based on receiving a message from the user device.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to suspend authorization of the user device based further on the user device not being in communication with the vehicle for the first predetermined time.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to maintain the authorization of the user device based on determining, within the first predetermined time, that the user device is in communication with the vehicle.

7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to maintain the authorization of the user device based on determining, within the first predetermined time, that the distance is less than or equal to the threshold distance.

8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to determine the distance based on comparing location data of the vehicle to location data of the user device.

9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to, upon deauthorizing the user device, stop communicating with the user device.

10. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to maintain the authorization of the user device based on determining, within the first predetermined time, the distance is less than or equal to the threshold distance.

11. The system of claim 1 , wherein the instructions further include instructions to actuate a vehicle component based on receiving a message from an authorized user device.

12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second predetermined time is longer than the first predetermined time.

13. A method, comprising:
suspending authorization of a user device based on determining, for a first predetermined time, a distance between the user device and a vehicle is greater than a threshold distance;
then, based on suspending authorization of the user device based on determining the distance, requesting a user input specifying a vehicle parameter that is a measurable physical parameter of the vehicle;
upon receiving the user input, validating the user input based on the user input matching a stored vehicle parameter; and
deauthorizing the user device based on a) failing to receive a valid user input within a second predetermined time, or b) receiving a number of invalid user inputs equal to a threshold number.

14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising reauthorizing the user device based on receiving the valid user input within the second predetermined time.

15. The method of claim 13 , further comprising, upon suspending authorization of the user device, preventing actuation of a vehicle component based on receiving a message from the user device.

16. The method of claim 13 , further comprising suspending authorization of the user device based further on the user device not being in communication with the vehicle for the first predetermined time.

17. The method of claim 13 , further comprising determining the distance based on comparing location data of the vehicle to location data of the user device.

18. The method of claim 13 , further comprising, upon deauthorizing the user device, stopping communication with the user device.

19. The method of claim 13 , further comprising maintaining the authorization of the user device based on determining, within the first predetermined time, the distance is less than or equal to the threshold distance.

20. The method of claim 13 , further comprising actuating a vehicle component based on receiving a message from an authorized user device.

Assignees

• Ford Global Tech Llc

Inventors

• Kajuluri Venkata Kishore
• Boran Lisa Therese
• Ye Xin
• Nelson Jacob David

Classifications

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• B60R25/245

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• B60R25/241

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• B60R25/2081

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