Transport Faulty Data Response for Vehicle Authentication

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current transportation systems lack secure and efficient methods for authenticating and authorizing vehicles for services, leading to potential unauthorized access and data breaches, especially in vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-everything communications.

Innovation Solution

Implementing a system that uses faulty data responses to unrecognized devices, based on vehicle characteristics, to secure communication and prevent unauthorized access, combined with blockchain technology for decentralized authentication and data management.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Loss of information

If the transport provides detailed response data to all requesting devices, then data completeness is improved, but security against unauthorized access deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvedata completenessVSAvoidunauthorized access
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by providing different data responses to different devices based on their authorization status. Recognized devices receive complete accurate data, while unrecognized devices receive faulty data with errors. This differential treatment based on local device characteristics resolves the contradiction between data completeness and security.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces an intermediary authentication mechanism that mediates between the transport and requesting devices. The transport determines whether a device is recognized and uses this intermediate verification to decide what data to provide, thus preventing unauthorized access while maintaining data completeness for legitimate users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Reliability

If the transport implements strict authentication protocols, then security is improved, but communication efficiency deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
ImprovesecurityVSAvoidcommunication efficiency
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by performing authentication checks before providing data responses. The transport determines whether a device is recognized in advance and prepares appropriate responses accordingly. This preliminary verification ensures security without requiring complex ongoing authentication protocols for each data request.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

Solution Approach 2:

The patent changes the parameter of data quality based on authentication status. Instead of using complex authentication protocols for every interaction, the system changes the data parameter itself - providing accurate data to recognized devices and faulty data to unrecognized devices - thereby maintaining security while simplifying communication.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #35Parameter changes

3Object-affected harmful factors

If the transport sends faulty data to unrecognized devices, then security is improved, but data accuracy deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveunauthorized access preventionVSAvoiddata accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Object-affected harmful factorsVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent converts the potential harm of providing inaccurate data into a benefit for security. By intentionally sending faulty data to unrecognized devices, the system uses data inaccuracy as a protective mechanism. The inaccuracy serves as a deterrent and indicator that the device is unauthorized, thus converting the negative aspect of data accuracy into a positive security feature.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #22Blessing in disguise (Convert harm into benefit)

Data Source

PatentUS20220398149A1Minimizing transport fuzzing reactions
Publication Date: 2022.12.15 TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA INC
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AI summary

An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, a request, determining, by the transport, a device associated with the request, responsive to the device being unrecognized, preparing a response with a portion including faulty data based on a characteristic of the transport, sending, by the transport, the response, and responsive to receiving an acknowledgment message from the device, based on a parsing of the faulty data by the device, indicating, by the transport, the faulty data to the device.