Patent ID: 9269203
Filing Date: 2016-02-23
CPC Classification: G07C,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A system for registering electronic control unit (ECU) critical information, comprising: a plurality of telematics-equipped vehicles, each telematics-equipped vehicle comprising a telematics unit configured to communicate with an ECU of the respective telematics-equipped vehicle to obtain ECU critical information (ECI) corresponding to the ECU, and to transmit the ECI to a telematics service provider (TSP) call center, wherein the ECI obtained by each telematics unit is encrypted, and wherein each telematics unit is further configured to verify the integrity of the obtained encrypted ECI by: the TSP call center, configured to receive ECI from the plurality of telematics-equipped vehicles and to identify stolen vehicles and to issue targeted recall notifications based on the received ECI; wherein the TSP call center identifying stolen vehicles comprises: comparing received ECI with ECI corresponding to ECUs reported as stolen to determine whether the ECI received from a telematics-equipped vehicle matches the ECI corresponding to an ECU reported as stolen; and wherein the TSP call center issuing targeted recall notifications comprises: identifying a defective ECU for which a recall notification is to be issued; identifying telematics-equipped vehicles of the plurality of telematics-equipped vehicles with the defective ECU installed based on the received ECI; and transmitting a recall notification to the identified telematics-equipped vehicles.