DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING EXCLUSIVE WIRELESS DATA TRANSFER SERVICE BETWEEN MOBILE APPLICATIONS AND REMOTE SERVERS THROUGH AN IN-VEHICLE TELEMATICS DEVICE

摘要

A device, system and method for providing an exclusive wireless data transfer service between one or more authorized mobile applications (apps) and one or more remote servers through an in-vehicle telematics device is shown and described. The invention includes establishing a wireless network connection between the WWAN communications electronics of the vehicle telematics device and one or more remote servers and a wireless network connection between the WPAN communications electronics of the vehicle telematics device and a mobile device hosting one or more authorized apps. The invention further includes using specialized application programming interfaces (APIs) that exclusively grant certain authorized apps the ability to use the two wireless network connections to transfer data back and forth between the remote server and apps on the mobile device while prohibiting all other apps and services from doing the same. The resulting communications system enables the authorized apps on a mobile device to interact with remote servers in situations where the mobile device does not have WWAN capability or without using the WWAN data plan of the mobile device. The invention will exclude all other apps and services on the mobile device from using the WPAN and WWAN connections of the vehicle telematics device.

主权项

1. A communications system comprising:
a vehicle with a diagnostic port; an in-vehicle telematics device connected to the diagnostic port of said vehicle whereby said in-vehicle telematics device includes communications electronics for establishing WWAN communications using standard WWAN protocols, communications electronics for establishing WPAN communications with a mobile device using standard WPAN protocols, a microprocessor, operating software for the in-vehicle telematics device, an API for restricting access to the in-vehicle telematics device, and a power source for the in-vehicle telematics device; and a mobile device including WPAN communications electronics, an app, and an API for restricting communication between the app and the in-vehicle telematics device.