Vehicle Profile Abstraction Layer for Secure Program Interaction
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Solution Overview
Problem
Developing programs that can interact with vehicle computing devices and navigation units is challenging due to their proprietary communication protocols and data formats, requiring significant effort and resources from developers, and manufacturers often restrict access for security and practicality reasons.
Innovation Solution
A vehicle profile is used as an intermediary abstraction layer to facilitate interaction between programs and vehicle components, allowing selective access to data and features while formatting commands and data to match proprietary formats and protocols, and enabling secure and controlled interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manufacturers use proprietary communication protocols and data formats in vehicle computing devices and navigation units, then security and control over vehicle systems are improved, but the complexity of developing third-party programs that can interact with these systems increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a vehicle profile as an intermediary layer between third-party programs and vehicle computing devices. This profile contains standardized communication protocols and data formats that translate third-party requests into manufacturer-specific proprietary formats, thereby maintaining security control while reducing development complexity for third-party programmers.
2Reliability
If manufacturers restrict access to vehicle computing devices for security reasons, then system security is improved, but the ability of third-party programs to access and interact with vehicle features deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments access to vehicle systems by creating a layered architecture. The vehicle profile is divided into multiple sections (first section for basic access, second section for advanced features) that can be selectively activated. This allows restricted access for security while enabling controlled third-party program interaction with specific vehicle features.
Solution Approach 2:
The vehicle profile acts as a mediator that safely translates third-party program requests into secure, authorized commands for vehicle computing devices. It implements authentication and authorization mechanisms that maintain system security while enabling legitimate third-party access to permitted vehicle features.
3Reliability
If proprietary communication protocols are used in vehicle components, then manufacturer control and security are maintained, but the time and resources required for third-party program development increase
Solution Approach 1:
The vehicle profile serves as a pre-configured intermediary that encapsulates all proprietary communication protocols and data formats. Third-party programs interact with standardized interfaces defined in the vehicle profile, eliminating the need for developers to invest significant time in learning and implementing manufacturer-specific protocols while maintaining manufacturer control over the actual communication mechanisms.
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AI summary
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for facilitating communication between a program and a vehicle computing device of a vehicle. For example, a vehicle profile may be used as an intermediary abstraction layer between the program (e.g., hosted on a mobile device, hosted on a vehicle navigation unit, etc.) and the vehicle computing device. The vehicle profile may provide data formatting functionality to enable communication and interaction because the program and the vehicle computing device may utilize different data formats, communication protocols, and/or functions. The vehicle profile may specify what information the program is allowed to access and/or what features of the vehicle are allowed to be modified by the program. The vehicle profile may determine how information can be displayed by the program through a vehicle display. Communication may be facilitated between the program, the vehicle computing device, and/or a remote device such as a cloud service.