US 11,695,766 B2
Apparatus and server for sharing position information of vehicle
Chang Woo Chun, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed by Hyundai Motor Company, Seoul (KR); and Kia Motors Corporation, Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/574,283.
Application 17/574,283 is a division of application No. 16/207,511, filed on Dec. 3, 2018, granted, now 11,252,154.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0106011 (KR), filed on Sep. 5, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0141222 A1, May 5, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04W 4/029 (2018.01); H04L 67/02 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 63/0876 (2013.01) [H04W 4/029 (2018.02); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 12/06 (2013.01); H04L 67/02 (2013.01)] 3 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A server for sharing location information of a vehicle, the server comprising:
a communication circuit configured to communicate with the vehicle; and
a processor electrically connected with the communication circuit,
wherein the processor is configured to:
receive, via the communication circuit, the location information of the vehicle and identification information of an external device, which is a target for sharing the location information of the vehicle, from the vehicle,
transmit, via the communication circuit, authentication information for sharing the location information to the external device,
authenticate the external device, or another device which receives the authentication information from the external device, using the authentication information, and
transmit, via the communication circuit, the location information to the authenticated device,
wherein the server periodically receives the location information from the vehicle based on a driving state of the vehicle and receives the identification information from the vehicle, and
wherein the vehicle selects the external device for expanding sharing of the location information when the external device corresponds to the identification information.