OBD Device Content Storage and Access Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Content service providers face challenges in controlling access to content outside the home environment while ensuring secure, non-permanent storage and streaming, as existing solutions are limited to specific devices and require internet connectivity.
Innovation Solution
An electronic device connected to a vehicle's OBD port, equipped with a wireless transceiver, processing devices, and storage media, which communicates with a content control device to download and store content, allowing secure access via a mobile device while ensuring compliance with content service provider guidelines.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If content is stored permanently on personal computing devices, then content accessibility is improved, but content security and control are worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by downloading and storing content in the OBD device before the user needs to access it away from home. This allows the content to be readily available in the vehicle without requiring permanent storage on personal devices or continuous internet connectivity, thus maintaining security while improving accessibility.
2Reliability
If content is streamed to personal computing devices, then content security is improved, but content accessibility away from home is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The OBD device serves as an intermediary between the content service provider's control system and the user's personal computing devices. It receives content securely from the content control device and then provides it to personal devices via wireless connection, acting as a trusted mediator that maintains security control while enabling accessibility away from home.
3Reliability
If internet connectivity is required for content access, then content control is improved, but system reliability in remote locations is worsened
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary content downloads to the OBD device when internet connectivity is available (such as when the vehicle is in a garage or driveway). This preliminary action ensures that content is stored locally in the vehicle, allowing access in remote locations without internet connectivity while maintaining content control through the initial secure download process.
Data Source
AI summary
One embodiment is directed to an electronic device comprising a connector configured to connect to an on-board diagnostic (OBD) connector of a vehicle, a wireless transceiver, one or more processing devices coupled to the connector and to the wireless transceiver, and storage media coupled to the one or more processing devices. The storage media including instructions which, when executed by the one or more processing devices, cause the one or more processing devices to establish communication with a content control device using the wireless transceiver, download content from the content control device, store the content on the storage media, and terminate communication with the content control device. The instructions also cause the one or more processing devices to establish communication with a mobile device, and provide the content to a mobile device via a wireless link.