US 11,750,462 B2
System, method, and apparatus for extra vehicle communications control
Yu Fang, Palo Alto, CA (US); Xuanran Zong, Sunnyvale, CA (US); and Jan Cardenas, Cupertino, CA (US)
Assigned to Sonatus, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed by Sonatus, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/674,239.
Application 17/674,239 is a continuation of application No. 17/570,738, filed on Jan. 7, 2022.
Application 17/570,738 is a continuation of application No. 17/027,187, filed on Sep. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,228,496, issued on Jan. 18, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/024,383, filed on May 13, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/986,444, filed on Mar. 6, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/911,249, filed on Oct. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/911,248, filed on Oct. 5, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/903,462, filed on Sep. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173969 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 15/16 (2006.01); G06F 9/54 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 41/0893 (2022.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01); H04L 61/3015 (2022.01); H04L 43/0876 (2022.01); H04L 41/28 (2022.01); H04L 47/20 (2022.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/0893 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04L 41/28 (2013.01); H04L 43/0876 (2013.01); H04L 47/20 (2013.01); H04L 61/3025 (2013.01); H04L 61/4511 (2022.05); H04L 63/0236 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02)] 22 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a vehicle having a first network zone and a second network zone of a different type than the first network zone;
a gatekeeper interface circuit interposed between the first network zone and a transceiver selectively couplable to an external device, and further interposed between the second network zone and the transceiver;
a policy manager circuit structured to interpret a policy comprising an external data routing description; and
a configuration circuit structured to configure the gatekeeper interface circuit in response to the external data routing description;
wherein:
the gatekeeper interface circuit is structured to regulate communications between end points of the first network zone and the transceiver, and to regulate communications between end points of the second network zone and the transceiver;
the external data routing description comprises a plurality of local communicating devices, each corresponding to an external data routing path; and
each external data routing path comprises an access point name (APN) of a regulated communication.