Systems and methods may provide for brokering limited access to a service device via an intermediary. In one example, the method may include receiving a request communication at a control device including a request for limited access to a service device, wherein the request is received from an intermediary device on behalf of a request device, and transmitting an access communication to the intermediary device, wherein the access communication includes an access ticket to be used by the request device to gain the limited access of the service device.

An apparatus and a method for connecting a mobile camera device to a vehicle-mounted display apparatus, wherein the mobile camera device is controlled both by the driver operating the mobile camera device as well as by additional information regarding the state of the vehicle, wherein the additional information is provided by vehicle sensors. The information from the driver and the vehicle is processed by an application program on the mobile camera device and the mobile camera device is controlled. The mobile camera device can display images and/or videos and process the images and/or videos by way of the application program. The information to be processed can be displayed on the display of the vehicle-mounted display apparatus.

The invention relates to a method for handling a received vehicle-to-X message in a vehicle, said message having at least a header and a body, and only the header without the body being forwarded to a self-learning map, in particular if it is established that the message is suitable for simplified processing. The invention also relates to a vehicle-to-X communications module and a storage medium for carrying out the method.

Systems and methods for detecting and classifying anomalies in a network of moving things. As non-limiting examples, various aspects of this disclosure provide configurable and adaptable systems and methods, for example in a network of moving things, for detecting various operational anomalies, classifying such anomalies, and/or reporting such anomalies.

An emulator for a test scenario corresponding to a connected vehicle application is presented. The emulator includes a test bed for testing a device under test (DUT) communicatively coupled to emulated intelligent transportation system (ITS) stations. The test bed also includes a processor configured to emulate the test scenario based on user-defined configuration parameters that define a behavior of the DUT and each of the emulated ITS stations during simulated events in the test scenario. The processor further includes a mobility engine configured to generate and periodically update one or more mobility parameters corresponding to the DUT and the emulated ITS stations based on the corresponding configuration parameters. The test bed further includes a channel emulator, a controller area network (CAN) simulator, and a global navigational satellite system (GNSS) simulator integrated into a single test bed for holistically emulating the test scenario and validating a desired functionality of the DUT.

Methods and systems are presented for remotely controlling a motor vehicle by mobile communication terminal. One method includes displaying motor vehicles by the mobile communication terminal, with which the mobile communication terminal had been previously coupled using a prior wireless connection. Based on an ability to establish a wireless connection concurrently with more than one of the motor vehicles, the method includes: establishing a wireless connection between one of the motor vehicle and the mobile communication terminal in response to detecting that the one of the motor vehicles has been selected, and prohibiting establishment of the new wireless connection between the mobile communication terminal and one of the motor vehicles until the one of the motor vehicles has been selected.

The disclosure relates to a method for monitoring an internet connection, which is provided in a motor vehicle by means of a mobile wireless connection established between the motor vehicle and a mobile wireless network, wherein the mobile wireless connection has switched into roaming operation is detected by way of a roaming signal. A predetermined connectivity test is performed by means of a control apparatus in the motor vehicle after receipt of the roaming signal in order to detect an interruption of the internet connection and, if an interrupted internet connection is detected, an indication signal is sent to a user of the motor vehicle.

A method for excluding a participant from a group of multiple participants, in which certificates are used for an authorized communication of the participants among each other, a withdrawal request being received by one participant of the group, the withdrawal request making an identification of the participant to be excluded possible by the participant to be excluded itself, and the authorized communication being terminated by the participant when it is identifiable as the participant to be excluded based on the withdrawal request, as well as a communication system for carrying it out.

An accessory configured to authenticate a transaction is disclosed. The accessory comprises a communication circuit configured to communicate with a transaction system. The accessory further comprises at least one data collection device and a processor. The processor is in communication with the communication circuit and the data collection device. The processor is configured to compare captured data captured by the data collection device with stored data to generate an authentication of a previously identified operator.

Embodiments are disclosed for an example vehicle or driver assistance system for a vehicle. The example vehicle or driver assistance system includes an in-vehicle computing system of a vehicle, the in-vehicle computing system comprising an external device interface communicatively connecting the in-vehicle computing system to a mobile device, an inter-vehicle system communication module communicatively connecting the in-vehicle computing system to one or more vehicle systems of the vehicle, a processor, and a storage device storing instructions executable by the processor to receive a first command from the mobile device via the external device interface, perform a series of actions on the vehicle system until receiving a second command from the mobile device, both of the first command and the second command recognized by the mobile device based on one or more of voice commands issued by a user of the mobile device, and biometric analysis.