Abstract
A third party (e.g., a valet, a parking service, a vehicle rental customer, an acquaintance, etc.) may receive an anonymous digital key for operating a vehicle (e.g., an automobile, a motorcycle, a bus, etc.) owned by another person. For example, the owner of the vehicle may use a computing device (e.g., a cellular phone, a smartphone, a laptop computer, a tablet computer, etc.) to provide ownership information (e.g., an original digital key) to a computing system (e.g., a remote cloud server having a pre-negotiated certification with the vehicle manufacturer). Responsive to confirming ownership of the vehicle, the computing system may generate or otherwise provide an anonymous digital key for operating the vehicle. The third party may use a computing device to access the anonymous digital key and operate the vehicle. The anonymous digital key may be configured with various geographic restrictions, performance restrictions, time restrictions, etc., which may limit what an operator using the anonymous digital key may do with the vehicle. The anonymous digital key may expire (e.g., after a predetermined amount of time) and, once expired, the anonymous digital key may no longer be used to operate the vehicle.
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Recommended Citation
Miller, Nick, "DIGITAL VEHICLE KEY ACCESS FOR PROVIDING RESTRICTED VEHICLE USAGE", Technical Disclosure Commons, (November 04, 2022)
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/5450