Automatic Mobile Device Authentication for Shared Vehicles
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current authentication methods for ride-sharing and autonomous vehicles require users to actively interact with their mobile devices, which can be inconvenient, especially when the device is locked or the application is not in the foreground, and do not support seamless access to unfamiliar vehicles.
Innovation Solution
A system that uses a mobile device with a processor, transceiver, and memory to receive a key and advertisement identifier from a share server, allowing it to establish a secure connection with a vehicle by matching the identifier and utilizing a share application to gain access without requiring user interaction, enabling automatic authentication upon approaching the vehicle.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If current authentication methods are used, then security is maintained, but user convenience deteriorates due to required active interaction with mobile devices
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by establishing the authentication connection in advance through background processes. The mobile device and vehicle establish a secure connection before the user needs access, using predetermined authentication credentials that are automatically exchanged without requiring user interaction at the moment of access.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system operates autonomously through self-service mechanisms where the mobile device and vehicle automatically complete the authentication handshake without user intervention. The system uses background applications and automated credential verification to establish secure connections independently of user actions.
2Ease of operation
If the mobile device must be unlocked or application in foreground for authentication, then security is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The authentication credentials and secure connection parameters are established in advance through preliminary background processes. The system prepares the authentication state before the user attempts access, so that when the user approaches the vehicle, the connection is already validated and ready for immediate use without requiring device unlock or application activation.
3Extent of automation
If automatic authentication is implemented, then ease of operation improves, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system introduces an intermediary layer of automated authentication protocols that mediate between the user and the vehicle access system. This intermediary mechanism handles the complex credential verification, secure connection establishment, and authentication state management automatically, shielding the user from complexity while enabling high-level automation.
Data Source
AI summary
A key and an advertisement identifier are received from a share server responsive to a request for a ride. The advertisement identifier is utilized to execute a share application installed to the memory. A local connection is established to a vehicle sending an advertisement that matches the advertisement identifier. Access is gained to the vehicle for the ride using the local connection.