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

Claim 1:
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising, if attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the first authorization policy is not successful:
attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the second authorization policy, by the vehicle device, by attempting to authenticate the user-provided access key to the second access key in accordance with the second authentication scheme;
if attempting to authenticate access to the vehicle under the second 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 second vehicle operation which is permitted under the second authorization policy;
determining, by the vehicle device, whether a respective at least one second 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 second vehicle operation which is permitted under the second authorization policy, and the respective at least one second 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 second vehicle operation which is permitted under the second authorization policy, or the respective at least one second 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 second authorization policy is not successful:
denying access to the vehicle to the user under the second authorization policy.