Ford Global Technolgoies, LLC

Ali Mohamad Suleiman

Karl Nathan Clark

Mohamad Nasser

Jason Michael Miller

John Naum Vangelov

Vijayababu Jayaraman

Vijay Jayaraman

Brunilda Bleta Caushi

Kevin Burdette

Heath Williams

A gateway of a vehicle is connected to a telematics control unit (TCU) and a plurality of electronic control units (ECUs). The gateway is programmed to receive a command from the TCU, the command specifying an electronic serial number (ESN) of a target ECU of the ECUs, and forward the command to the target ECU responsive to confirmation that the ESN of the target ECU is included in the web of trust.

VIN ESN signed commands and vehicle level local web of trust

A vehicle includes a processor programmed to validate, using a public key of a lender device, authenticity of a file including permissions for a borrower device signed using a private key of a lender device, and responsive to validating, using a public key of a borrower device, a session request from the borrower device signed with a private key of the borrower device, establish a secure connection with the borrower device over which access to the vehicle is granted per the permissions.

Temporary and customized vehicle access

A system comprises a processor programmed to send an address range to a server corresponding to a capability of a controller to perform an update; responsive to receiving update data from the server, write the update data into the controller; and responsive to receiving a resume signal to resume the update from a paused state, send a new address range to the server based on a last-successfully-written address received from the controller.

Over the air Ecu update

Systems and methods for managing vehicle security include a server that, responsive to receiving a remote command for a vehicle from an authorized mobile device, transmits the command to the vehicle. The vehicle responsively executes the command. The server also monitors third-party Internet data for security risks. Responsive to identifying a security risk for the vehicle based on the monitored third-party Internet data after the command is executed, the server deauthorizes the mobile device from remotely commanding the vehicle.

Vehicle security

A system includes a mobile-device processor configured to generate a first code based on a changing variable and a generation schema, both known by a mobile device and a vehicle and display the first code. The vehicle processor is configured to receive input of the first code, generate a second code based on the variable and schema, and grant vehicle access when the first code corresponds to the second code.

Method and apparatus for rolling code vehicle access

A system includes a processor configured to receive vehicle borrower contact information input from a vehicle lender. The processor is also configured to send a digital invitation to use a vehicle using the borrower contact information responsive to the input, and to receive digital confirmation responsive to the electronic invitation. The processor is also configured to establish a digital key responsive to the confirmation and wirelessly send the established digital key to the borrower and the vehicle.

Method and apparatus for digital temporary vehicle key utilization

Methods and systems to update controls in vehicle modules. Updating controls can include downloading an update to a vehicle from a server, upon interruption of the update, sending a download instruction to a proxy operating on a mobile device to resume update download at an offset location, resuming download of the update from the offset location using the mobile device, and sending the resumed part of the update from the mobile device to the vehicle when the vehicle requests an update from the proxy. The proxy can be an application running on the mobile device, which can use cellular or non-cellular communication and be away from the vehicle when completing download of a control update.

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Ali Mohamad Suleiman