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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 14, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 29, 2024
Communication with in-vehicle data communication module using network tunnel based on user selection
Applicant:
Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha, Toyota, JP;
Inventor:
Koji Takeoka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Toyota, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04W 4/48 (2018.02);
Abstract
A communication device communicating with an in-vehicle terminal includes a control unit that performs: authentication based on authentication information that the communication device receives from the in-vehicle terminal by using a tunnel established on an access network selected from among a plurality of access networks available for communication between the in-vehicle terminal and the communication device; and, when the authentication succeeds, routing of data received from the in-vehicle terminal.