Vehicle Feature Validation Requests Against Signal Jamming
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing technologies for remotely controlling vehicle features are vulnerable to signal jamming and shielding, which allows users to bypass remote control commands and continue using vehicle features despite non-payment or unfulfilled obligations.
Innovation Solution
A system that requires vehicles to periodically send validation requests to a centralized authority, enabling or disabling features based on payment verification, using a computing system integrated into the vehicle to enforce validation decisions and prevent signal shielding by necessitating validation acceptance for feature usage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If signal jamming and electromagnetic shielding are used to block remote control signals, then the vehicle features can be accessed without payment verification, but the reliability of the remote control system deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of the vehicle passively receiving validation commands from the server, the system inverts the approach by having the vehicle actively send validation requests to the server. This inversion makes the system resistant to jamming and shielding because the validation initiative comes from the vehicle side, ensuring that payment verification cannot be bypassed through signal blocking techniques.
2Reliability
If the vehicle sends validation requests to the centralized authority, then the reliability of payment verification is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle's computing system automatically performs validation requests to the centralized authority without requiring manual user intervention. The system self-manages the payment verification process by autonomously sending requests and implementing validation decisions, which simplifies the user interface while maintaining high reliability through automated enforcement.
3Loss of time
If the validation request is sent as part of the startup sequence, then the timing control is improved, but the loss of time during vehicle initialization increases
Solution Approach 1:
The validation request is sent as part of the startup sequence before the vehicle features are activated. By performing the validation check preliminarily during initialization, the system ensures that payment verification is completed before any features become accessible, preventing any window of opportunity for unauthorized access while minimizing overall time loss through efficient sequencing.
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AI summary
A system and method for disabling a function of a feature of a vehicle based on a validation request to a centralized validation authority, prior to a use of the feature includes determining that a condition is met as part of a startup sequence of the vehicle, transmitting the validation request to the centralized validation authority, in response to determining the condition is met, wherein the validation request is part of the startup sequence of the vehicle, receiving a validation decision from the centralized validation authority, and disabling the feature of the vehicle as a function of the receiving the validation decision.