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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 16, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 01, 2018
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Ryuichi Suzuki, Nagakute, JP;
Yuki Ito, Iwakura, JP;
Hiroyasu Shiokawa, Nagoya, JP;
Yasumasa Kobayashi, Nagoya, JP;
Naoki Yamamuro, Nagoya, JP;
Makoto Akahane, Nagoya, JP;
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Abstract
A distribution device includes a server device configured to distribute key information to a portable terminal. The key information is used for a key system that determines whether or not to lock and unlock a vehicle, to make the vehicle travel, and to use a content providing device that provides digital contents in a vehicle cabin of the vehicle by transmitting the key information from the portable terminal to the vehicle. The server device is configured to distribute the key information to which restricted function information is added, to the portable terminal. The restricted function information is information indicating that locking and unlocking of the vehicle and use of the content providing device are permitted but traveling of the vehicle is not permitted.