Patent ID: 11904808
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Transport (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 7:
8. An information processing method implemented by an information processing apparatus capable of communicating with a vehicle configured to perform authentication for a mobile apparatus based on an electronic key acquired from the mobile apparatus, the information processing method comprising:
acquiring use situations of electronic keys issued to two or more mobile apparatuses; and
invalidating the authentication performed for at least a mobile apparatus associated with an old owner of the vehicle of the two or more mobile apparatuses when an ownership of the vehicle has been changed and the use situations satisfy predetermined conditions; and wherein
the two or more mobile apparatuses include a first mobile apparatus and a second mobile apparatus; and
the information processing method further comprising:
when, in a past first period, there are no use records of the electronic key by the first mobile apparatus and there is a use record of the electronic key by the second mobile apparatus, and, in a second period before the first period, there is a use record of the electronic key by the first mobile apparatus and there are no use records of the electronic key by the second mobile apparatus, determining that the first mobile apparatus is a mobile apparatus associated with the old owner; and
invalidating the authentication performed for the first mobile apparatus.