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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 16, 2018
Filed:
May. 24, 2017
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Lakshmi V. Thanayankizil, Rochester Hills, MI (US);
David P. Pop, Garden City, MI (US);
Fan Bai, Ann Arbor, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of automatically establishing a secure wireless connection, the method comprising: transmitting a wireless signal indicating availability of a secured wireless service; receiving a request from a vehicle in response to the wireless signal; in response to receiving the request, sending a message via wireless communications to the vehicle, wherein the message includes encrypted access point credentials, and wherein the encrypted access point credentials are encrypted using a key; and establishing a secure wireless connection with the vehicle based on receipt of access point credentials in one or more messages sent from the vehicle.