Protection for a means of transportation against unauthorised usage or theft

摘要

The present invention relates to a method for protection of a means of transportation against unauthorized usage or theft using a lock and an end device that can be operated in a cellular network. Subject of the invention are further a lock for protection of a means of transportation against unauthorized usage or theft as well as a end device that can be operated in a cellular network, that are particularly designed to carry out process steps of the inventive method which need to be carried out by the lock respectively the end device.

主权项

1. A method for protection against unauthorised usage or theft of an object using a lock comprising a computing device and a radio interface, and an end device usable in a cellular network, comprising:
receiving data by the lock via the cellular network using the radio interface of the lock, wherein the data is addressed to the lock using address information which is assigned to the communication module radio interface of the lock, and wherein the data comprises address information corresponding to an end device on the cellular network and key information which represents key information stored on the end device; comparing, by the computing device of the lock, the key information of the received data with key information previously stored in the lock; generating, by the computing device of the lock, new key information in response to the key information of the received data matching the key information previously stored in the lock, the new key information being different than the key information previously stored in the lock; storing, by the lock, the new key information in the lock; transmitting, by the radio interface of the lock, the new key information to the end device via the cellular network using the address information of the end device; receiving, by the radio interface of the lock, control information from the end device and converting the control information into a control command to mechanically lock or unlock the lock based on the new key information stored in the lock.