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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Jul. 29, 2014
Applicant:
GM Global Technology Operations Llc, Detroit, MI (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
GM Global Technology Operations LLC, Detroit, MI (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04L 9/08 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04L 9/0866 (2013.01); G07C 2205/02 (2013.01); H04L 2209/84 (2013.01);
Abstract
A communication system in a vehicle is described and various methods for securely providing diagnostic data between a vehicle and a remote server using a vehicle diagnostic tool. The method may include the steps of: receiving at the remote from the diagnostic tool both a challenge question and encrypted data acquired by the diagnostic tool from a vehicle electronic control unit; using the challenge question to determine how to decrypt the encrypted data; and decrypting the encrypted data at the remote server.