Patent ID: 9652899
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G07C,H04B,H04L

Claim:
1. A system for securely accessing a source of data of a vehicle by a remote communication device, comprising: an intermediary computing device within an IP network and being disposed between the remote communication device and the vehicle, the intermediary computing device comprising: a first storage device configured to store a first list of authorized internet protocol (IP) addresses, the authorized IP addresses are according to a first protocol; a second storage device configured to store a second list of authorized IP addresses, the authorized IP addresses are according to a second protocol; a third storage device configured to store a third list of authorized IP addresses, the authorized IP addresses are according to a third protocol; and wherein the intermediary computing device is configured to authorize a connection request from the remote communication device having a first IP address based on the first list; to communicate a second IP address to the remote communication device based on the second list and the connection request; and to communicate a third IP address to the vehicle based on the third list, and wherein the intermediary computing device further comprises a number X of registers, where X is an integer greater than 1, and wherein the intermediary computing device is further configured to manage a plurality of connection requests from a plurality of remote communication devices based on the number X of registers.