Systems and methods for managing access to a vehicle or other object using environmental data

Abstract

Systems and methods for controlling access to a vehicle or other object are provided. A vehicle-based authentication unit and mobile access device, e.g., a key fob, that wirelessly communicates with the vehicle-based authentication unit may each include environmental sensor(s) that collect respective environmental data local to the respective device / unit, e.g., GPS data, local temperature data, local barometric pressure data, etc. The mobile access device transmits an access request message (e.g., a response to a challenge from the vehicle-based authentication unit) that includes environmentaldata collected by the onboard sensor(s). The vehicle-based authentication unit receives the access request message and determines whether to grant access to the vehicle based on the environmental data included in the message. For example, the authentication unit may compare the environmental data in the access request message with corresponding environmental data collected by sensor(s) at the vehicle, or with other reference data (e.g., user-specific fingerprint data).

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[0001] Related Patent Applications [0002] This application claims priority to commonly owned U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 62 / 457,221, filed February 10, 2017, which is hereby incorporated herein by reference for all purposes. technical field [0003] The present disclosure relates to managing access to vehicles or other objects, and more particularly to systems and methods for using detected or collected environmental data to manage access to vehicles or other objects. Background technique [0004] Various systems and techniques exist for managing access to protected objects such as vehicles, houses, other possessions, data, or any other type of object. For example, some vehicle access systems include wireless authentication access systems that allow a user to use a special key fob or other small mobile access device to lock the vehicle based on wireless communication between the mobile access device and an authentication unit provided in the vehicle. and unloc...

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In this case, the original data transmission may be legitimate, but the replay may be unauthorized spoofing

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