Patent ID: 9537563
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: H04B,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A method for the automated coupling of a mobile communication terminal with a central computing unit of a motor vehicle using a virtual representation area of the motor vehicle which is present on a vehicle home page on an internet server that is located separate from the motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps: establishing a communication connection between the mobile communication terminal and the internet server and logging in with the mobile communication terminal into the virtual representation area of the motor vehicle on the vehicle home page; exchanging pairing information between the internet server and the mobile communication terminal; establishing a communication connection between the central computing unit of the motor vehicle and the internet server for data exchange between the central computing unit of the motor vehicle and the virtual representation area of the motor vehicle on the vehicle home page; exchanging the pairing information between the internet server and the central computing unit of the motor vehicle; transmitting, by the mobile communication terminal, the pairing information to the central computing unit of the motor vehicle; identifying and authenticating the mobile communication terminal by the central computing unit of the motor vehicle using the pairing information; and allowing the coupling of the mobile communication terminal with the central computing unit of the motor vehicle based on the authentication.