Patent ID: 11941120
Assignee: CENTURYLINK INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LLC
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 14:
15. A portable device, comprising:
an on-board diagnostics (“OBD2”) data link connector (“DLC”) in communication with one or more computing systems of a vehicle via an OBD2 DLC port of the vehicle;
at least one processor;
a data storage device;
a restore button; and
a non-transitory computer readable medium communicatively coupled to the at least one processor, the non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer software comprising a set of instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, causes the portable device to:
monitor, via the OBD2 DLC port, wireless communications between at least one vehicle computing system of the one or more computing systems of the vehicle and at least one device external to the vehicle;
monitor, via the OBD2 DLC port, one or more vehicle sensor data from one or more vehicular sensors tracking operational conditions of the vehicle;
monitor, via the OBD2 DLC port, one or more operator input sensor data from one or more operator input sensors tracking operator input by an operator of the vehicle;
analyze at least one of the monitored wireless communications between the at least one vehicle computing system and the at least one device external to the vehicle or a combination of the monitored one or more vehicle sensor data and the monitored one or more operator input sensor data, to determine whether vehicle operation has been compromised;
based on a determination that vehicle operation has been compromised, alert the operator of the vehicle regarding the vehicle operation being compromised; and
initiate one or more remediation operations,
wherein initiating the one or more remediation operations comprises, based on a determination that vehicle operation has been compromised by the at least one device external to the vehicle via the wireless communications and based on the operator action comprising depressing the restore button on the portable device, restoring settings and configurations for at least one of the one or more computing systems of the vehicle, the one or more vehicular sensors, or the one or more operator input sensors, wherein the settings and configurations for the at least one of the one or more computing systems of the vehicle, the one or more vehicular sensors, or the one or more operator input sensors comprise one of factory settings and configurations or previously saved settings and configurations.