Patent ID: 11970135
Assignee: GEOTAB INC.
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  G | IPC B  G

Claim 2:
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
storing, by the at least one non-transitory processor-readable storage medium of the vehicle device, at least one additional authorization policy together with the first authorization policy and the second authorization policy, the at least one additional authorization policy different from the first authorization policy and the second authorization policy, each authorization policy in the at least one additional authorization policy including:
a respective authentication scheme for authenticating a respective access key to use the vehicle in accordance with the additional authorization policy;
an indication of at least one respective vehicle operation which is permitted under the additional authorization policy; and
an indication of at least one respective vehicle access requirement to perform each of the at least one respective vehicle operation permitted under the additional authorization policy;

if attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the first authorization policy, and attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the second authorization policy, are not successful:
attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the at least one additional authorization policy, by the vehicle device, by attempting to authenticate the user-provided access key to the respective access key in accordance with the respective authentication scheme of the at least one additional authorization policy;
if attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the at least one additional authorization policy is successful:
receiving, by the vehicle device, the user request to perform the user-requested vehicle operation;
determining, by the vehicle device, whether the user-requested vehicle operation is included in the at least one respective vehicle operation which is permitted under the at least one additional authorization policy;
determining, by the vehicle device, whether a respective at least one vehicle access requirement to perform the user-requested vehicle operation is met;
if the user-requested vehicle operation is included in the at least one respective vehicle operation which is permitted under the at least one additional authorization policy, and the respective at least one vehicle access requirement to perform the user-requested vehicle operation is met, performing the user-requested vehicle operation; and
if the user-requested vehicle operation is not included in the at least one respective vehicle operation which is permitted under the at least one additional authorization policy, or the respective at least one vehicle access requirement to perform the user-requested vehicle operation is not met, denying the user request to perform the user-requested vehicle operation; and

if attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the at least one additional authorization policy is not successful:
denying access to the vehicle to the user under the at least one additional authorization policy.