Patent ID: 8831224

Claim:
A method for secure pairing of mobile devices with a vehicle, said method comprising: providing a first secure communications channel between the vehicle and a telematics server, and a second secure communications channel between a mobile device and the telematics server; requesting access to a vehicle's Wi-Fi network by the mobile device; providing a device address for the vehicle and a device address for the mobile device in a digitally signed message from the vehicle to the telematics server over the first secure communications channel; providing security data to the vehicle in a first message over the first secure communications channel and to the mobile device in a second message over the second secure communications channel by the telematics server, where the security data can be used to establish a trust between the vehicle and the mobile device; issuing a secrecy challenge by the vehicle to the mobile device, where the secrecy challenge is encrypted using a secret key included in or derived from the security data from the telematics server; responding to the secrecy challenge by the mobile device to the vehicle, where the secret key is also known and used by the mobile device; and establishing secure Wi-Fi communications between the vehicle and the mobile device upon a valid response to the secrecy challenge.