Patent ID: 11966747
Assignee: UATC, LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  B  H | IPC B  G  H

Claim 0:
1. A secure start system for an autonomous vehicle, the secure start system comprising:
encrypted data comprising an autonomous file system that enables one or more functions to be executed by the autonomous vehicle;
one or more processors; and
a non-transitory, computer-readable memory storing instructions that are executable by the one or more processors to cause the secure start system to perform operations, the operations comprising:
transmitting, to a remote system, a first authentication component;
obtaining, from the remote system, a set of decryption keys, wherein the set of decryption keys are secured on the remote system by a multi-factor authentication protocol based on the first authentication component from the autonomous vehicle and a second authentication component from a user device associated with a user of the autonomous vehicle; and
enabling the one or more functions of the autonomous vehicle by decrypting, using the set of decryption keys, the encrypted data.