Autonomous vehicle authentication key delivery

Abstract

A server includes one or more processors, programmed to responsive to receiving, from a mobile device of a user, a hailing request that identifies the user as requesting to schedule a ride, select a vehicle to respond to the hailing request based on a capacity to accept an encryption key of the vehicle, the hailing request including a user profile, generate an encryption key to authenticate the mobile device of the user with the vehicle, send the encryption key to both the vehicle and the mobile device to schedule the ride.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A vehicle, comprising:
 one or more wireless transceivers;   a keypad external to the vehicle; and   one or more controllers, programmed to
 responsive to receiving, via the one or more wireless transceivers, from a server, a mission payload message that identifies a user to schedule a ride, the mission payload message including a passcode and an encryption key, store the passcode and encryption key as an associated pair in a storage of the vehicle, 
 responsive to receiving an input entered via the keypad matching the passcode, form a wireless connection between a mobile device and the one or more wireless transceivers, and 
 authenticate the mobile device over the wireless connection using the encryption key. 
   
     
     
         2 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , further comprising a biometric information sensor, wherein the mission payload message further includes biometric information of the user, and 
 the one or more controllers are further programmed to:
 responsive to the input entered via the keypad matching the passcode, activate the biometric information sensor to collect user biometric data, and 
 verify the user biometric data collected by the biometric information sensor matches the biometric information received in the mission payload message. 
   
     
     
         3 . The vehicle of  claim 2 , wherein the one or more controllers are further programmed to:
 upload the user biometric data collected by the biometric information sensor to the server to update the biometric information of the user.   
     
     
         4 . The vehicle of  claim 2 , wherein the biometric information sensor includes at least one of: a fingerprint reader, or a camera. 
     
     
         5 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the mission payload message further includes additional authentication information of the user,
 the one or more controllers are further programmed to:
 responsive detecting the matching passcode, prompt a message inviting the user to enter the additional authentication information to verify an identity of the user. 
   
     
     
         6 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more controllers are further programmed to:
 responsive to a completion of the ride as scheduled, delete the passcode and the encryption key from the storage of the vehicle.   
     
     
         7 . The vehicle of  claim 1 , wherein the one or more wireless transceivers include a telematics control unit.