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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2015
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2013
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Kenneth L. Peirce, Grosse Pointe Farms, MI (US);
Ervin Hoxha, Troy, MI (US);
Joseph E. Ploucha, Commerce Township, MI (US);
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Abstract
A system and method of securely communicating information between a vehicle and a central facility includes receiving at a vehicle diagnostic tool a challenge query from the vehicle; establishing a wireless connection between the vehicle diagnostic tool and a central facility; transmitting the challenge query from the vehicle diagnostic tool to the central facility via the wireless connection; receiving at the vehicle diagnostic tool a response to the challenge query via the wireless connection; and accessing one or more vehicle modules on the vehicle using the received response to the challenge query.