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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 18, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 01, 2016
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Michael Raymond Westra, Plymouth, MI (US);
David Ray Erkkila, Brighton, MI (US);
Elizabeth Halash, Warren, MI (US);
Kevin Burdette, Plymouth, MI (US);
Julius Marchwicki, Detroit, MI (US);
Alan Daniel Gonzalez, Canton, MI (US);
Chad Evert Esselink, Canton, MI (US);
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Abstract
A computing platform of a vehicle may receive a request, from a mobile application accessing a secure vehicle function, to create a secure tunnel between the computing platform and the mobile device; retrieve an application certificate from the mobile application; and validate the creation of the secure tunnel using the application certificate and a module certificate from a local policy table of the computing platform. A mobile device, connected to a computing platform of a vehicle may execute a mobile application requiring a secure vehicle function; send a request to create a secure tunnel with the computing platform responsive to access of by the mobile application of the secure vehicle function; and send to the computing platform an application certificate corresponding to the mobile application to validate creation of the secure tunnel.