Motorola Corporation

Temic Automotive of North America, Inc.

Jacques Hara

Shrirang Nilkanth Jambhekar

John R Barr

Michael W Cruess

Arnold Pittler

Arun Chatterjee

A device () and method () authenticate and secure control event data for a vehicle, wherein the device includes: A) a microcontroller (), coupled to receive control event information, for attaching a first time stamp and vehicle identification number VIN to the control event information to provide first information and sending the first information to memory () in time overlap fashion; B) the memory (), coupled to the microcontroller () and a microprocessor (), for storing first information and second information in time overlap fashion; and C) the microprocessor (), coupled to the memory () and a plurality of transducers (), for determining whether received impact data varies from previous impact data, and where received impact data varies, adding a second time stamp and VIN to the received impact data to form second information.

Method and device for vehicle control events data recording and securing

A device (100) and method (200, 300) authenticate and secure control event data for a vehicle, wherein the device includes: A) a microcontroller (104), coupled to receive control event information, for attaching a first time stamp and vehicle identification number VIN to the control event information to provide first information and sending the first information to memory (106) in time overlap fashion; B) the memory (106), coupled to the microcontroller (104) and a microprocessor (108), for storing first information and second information in time overlap fashion; and C) the microprocessor (108), coupled to the memory (106) and a plurality of transducers (110), for determining whether received impact data varies from previous impact data, and where received impact data varies, adding a second time stamp and VIN to the received impact data to form second information.

The present invention provides a system (100, 200), device (300) and method (400) for facilitating automatic capture of internet access information in a broadcast signal for use by an internet access unit. The system includes: a broadcasting unit having an internet access information unit, IAIU, coupled to receive internet access information, for encoding the internet access information into a broadcast signal to provide an augmented signal and broadcasting said augmented signal; a receiving unit for receiving the augmented signal for a user; a capture unit, coupled to the receiving unit and interfaced with the internet, for automatically storing/utilizing the internet access information in accordance with a predetermined scheme; a display/television screen/audio unit, coupled to the capture unit and, where selected, to the capture unit, for displaying at least one of: information obtained by utilizing the internet access information and information from the broadcast signal.

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