Electronic commerce transaction authentication based on a vehicle travel route data

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2018130044-A1
Application number	US-201715443689-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Feb 27, 2017
Priority date	Nov 10, 2016
Publication date	May 10, 2018
Grant date	—

Abstract

A device and method in a vehicle control unit for providing electronic commerce transaction authentication are provided. Upon receiving an electronic commerce transaction request relating to a transaction source, the vehicle control unit authenticates the transaction source against a vehicle travel route parameter by comparing the source location data with the vehicle travel route parameter. When the source location data compares favorably with the vehicle travel route parameter, an electronic commerce authentication is generated in response to the request, and transmitted.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A method in a vehicle control unit for providing electronic commerce transaction authentication, the method comprising:
receiving, via a communication link, an electronic commerce transaction request relating to a transaction source, wherein the electronic commerce transaction request including source location data; and authenticating the transaction source against a vehicle travel route parameter by:
comparing the source location data with the vehicle travel route parameter;
when the source location data compares favorably with the vehicle travel route parameter:
generating, in response to the electronic commerce transaction request, an electronic commerce authentication that includes vehicle identification data; and
transmitting, via the communication link, the electronic commerce authentication.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the electronic commerce transaction request includes transaction time stamp data.

3 . The method of claim 2 , wherein the authenticating the transaction source against the vehicle travel route parameter further comprising:
comparing the transaction time stamp data with an expected travel route time slot of the vehicle travel route parameter, wherein the expected travel route time slot indicates a viable time for the electronic commerce transaction request.

4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle travel route parameter comprising at least one of:
a corridor region defined by itinerary data that includes start point data and destination point data generated by a navigation user interface; a commuter region defined by learned commuting behaviors of a vehicle user, including commute start point data and commute destination point data and corresponding travel time estimation data; and a recorded corridor region defined by traveled itinerary data and associated time marker data.

5 . The method of claim 1 , the authenticating the transaction source against the vehicle travel route parameter further comprising:
determining whether the electronic commerce transaction request originates from a trusted user device.

6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein the trusted user device comprising at least one of:
a handheld mobile device; a vehicular audio/visual control unit; a point-of-sale device; and an infrastructure device.

7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the communication link is at least one of:
a wireless communication link; a wired communication link; and a fiber communication link.

8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle identification data includes at least one of a:
vehicle identification number; vehicle location data; vehicle time stamp data; digital signature data; and cryptographic key data based on the vehicle identification number.

9 . A method in a vehicle control unit for providing electronic commerce transaction authentication, the method comprising:
receiving, via a communication link formed with a trusted user device, an electronic commerce transaction request relating to a transaction source, wherein the electronic commerce transaction request including transaction source location and timestamp data; and authenticating the transaction source against a vehicle travel route parameter, generated via a navigation user interface, by:
comparing the transaction source location and timestamp data with the vehicle travel route parameter;
when the transaction source location and timestamp data compares favorably with the vehicle travel route parameter:
generating, in response to the electronic commerce transaction request, an electronic commerce authentication that includes vehicle identification data; and
transmitting, via the communication link, the electronic commerce authentication.

10 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the electronic commerce transaction request includes transaction time stamp data.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the authenticating the transaction source against the vehicle travel route parameter further comprising:
comparing the transaction time stamp data with an expected travel route time slot of the vehicle travel route parameter, wherein the expected travel route time slot indicates a viable time for the electronic commerce transaction request.

12 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the vehicle travel route parameter comprising at least one of:
a corridor region defined by itinerary data that includes start point data and destination point data generated by a navigation user interface; a commuter region defined by learned commuting behaviors of a vehicle user, including commute start point data and commute destination point data and corresponding travel time estimation data; and a recorded corridor region defined by traveled itinerary data and associated time marker data.

13 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the trusted user device comprising at least one of:
a handheld mobile device; a head unit device; a point-of-sale device; and an infrastructure device.

14 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the vehicle identification data includes at least one of a:
vehicle identification number; vehicle location data; vehicle time stamp data; digital signature data; and cryptographic key data based on the vehicle identification number.

15 . A vehicle control unit for providing electronic commerce transaction authentication, the vehicle control unit comprising:
a wireless communication interface to service communication with a digital wallet application of a handheld mobile device; a processor coupled to the wireless communication interface, the processor for controlling operations of the vehicle control unit; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory for storing data and program instructions used by the processor, the processor configured to execute instructions stored in the memory to:
receive, via a communication link with the handheld mobile device, an electronic commerce transaction request relating to a transaction source, wherein the electronic commerce transaction request including transaction source location data; and
authenticate the transaction source against a vehicle travel route parameter by:
comparing the transaction source location data with the vehicle travel route parameter;
when the transaction source location data compares favorably with the vehicle travel route parameter:
generate, in response to the electronic commerce transaction request, an electronic commerce authentication that includes vehicle identification data; and
transmit, via the communication link with the handheld mobile device, the electronic commerce authentication.

16 . The vehicle control unit of claim 15 , wherein the electronic commerce transaction request includes transaction time stamp data.

17 . The vehicle control unit of claim 16 , wherein the processor being further configured to execute further instructions stored in the memory to authenticate the transaction source against the vehicle travel route parameter further comprising:
comparing the transaction time stamp data with an expected travel route time slot of the vehicle travel route parameter, wherein the expected travel route time slot indicates a viable time for the electronic commerce transaction request.

18 . The vehicle control unit of claim 15 , wherein the vehicle travel route parameter comprising at least one of:
a corridor region defined by itinerary data that includes start point data and destination point data generated by a navigation user interface; a commuter region defined

Assignees

• Toyota Eng & Mfg North America

Inventors

• Gage Sergei I
• Sitarski Nicholas S
• Mai-Krist Ida T

Classifications

• G06Q20/405

  Establishing or using transaction specific rules · CPC title

• G06Q20/3224 Primary

  Transactions dependent on location of M-devices · CPC title

• G06Q20/36

  using electronic wallets or electronic money safes · CPC title

• G06Q20/4015

  using location information · CPC title