Patents by Inventor Edward Allen Cain, JR.

Edward Allen Cain, JR. has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11503114
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, a key and a functionality associated with an upcoming event from a server, and performing, by the transport, the functionality when the key is verified and the event begins to occur.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220355763
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to securing wireless communications for passive keyless entry (PKE) to an asset. In one embodiment, a method includes, responsive to acquiring sensor data about at least a surrounding environment of a vehicle that provides access according to wireless communications with a remote device, analyzing the sensor data to define operating conditions identifying security characteristics of the vehicle and interactions of the remote device with the vehicle. The method includes activating a countermeasure from an available group of countermeasures according to at least the operating conditions. The method includes wirelessly communicating, by the vehicle with the remote device, according to the countermeasure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: c/o Toyota Motor North America, Inc., Toyota Jidosha Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Satyajit Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Gabriel Lawrence, Joshua Davis, Mark Klausner, Nathan Humpal
  • Patent number: 11443038
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to securing wireless communications for passive keyless entry (PKE) to an asset. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring operating conditions associated with the asset. The operating conditions identify security characteristics of the asset and interactions of wireless devices with the asset. The method includes selectively activating at least one countermeasure from an available group of countermeasures according to at least the operating conditions. The method includes wirelessly communicating, by the asset with an accessing device, according to the at least one countermeasure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
    Inventors: Satyajit Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Gabriel Lawrence, Joshua Davis
  • Patent number: 11438158
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, at a transport, a key and data associated with an upcoming event from a server, verifying, by the transport, the data associated with the upcoming event based on current data acquired by the transport, responsive to a verification of the data associated with the upcoming event, receiving, at the transport, functionality configured to address the upcoming event, and unlocking the functionality on the transport by the key.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Patent number: 11411766
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of generating a data frame for transmission via a controller area network (CAN) bus of a transport, the data frame comprising data stored in a plurality of fields, encoding at least one authentication bit into a value within a data field of the generated data frame, wherein the at least one authentication bit comprises a digital signature based on a predefined key for the at least one authentication bit, and transmitting the generated data frame with the at least one authentication bit that comprises the digital signature via the CAN bus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Adam Loyd Parker, Jonathan Burnham, Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11387985
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, first data from an occupant device proximate the transport, modifying, by the transport, a location-based level of trust related to a type and an interaction of the received first data with the occupant device, and receiving, by the transport, second data based on the modified location-based level of trust and a proximity of the occupant device to the transport.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220216991
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of generating a key based on an action performed utilizing a component of the transport and a time associated with the action.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220216995
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, at a transport, a key and data associated with an upcoming event from a server, verifying, by the transport, the data associated with the upcoming event based on current data acquired by the transport, responsive to a verification of the data associated with the upcoming event, receiving, at the transport, functionality configured to address the upcoming event, and unlocking the functionality on the transport by the key.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220217201
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, a key and a functionality associated with an upcoming event from a server, and performing, by the transport, the functionality when the key is verified and the event begins to occur.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220194403
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, that an issue will soon occur, determining, by the transport, a time the issue will occur, and displaying, by the transport, the time the issue will occur. The issue is based on sensor data approaching a threshold within a period of time that is faster than an average period of time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Brian D. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20220194229
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of displaying, on a transport display, first data from a device detachably attached to a transport and displaying, on the transport display, second data from a device affixed to the transport. The second data is overlaid on the display proximate to the first data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, JR., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Brian D. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20220198838
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, first data from a first device, wherein the first device is affixed to the transport, receiving, by the transport, second data from a second device, wherein the second device is detachably attached to the transport and wherein the first data and the second data constitute a same unit of measure, and displaying, by the transport, a value based on the first data and the second data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr., Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, Jr., Brian D. McFarland
  • Publication number: 20220173894
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, via a first communication channel between a sending device and a recipient device, a first partial encryption key from the receiving device, receiving, via a second communication channel between the sending device and the recipient device, a second partial encryption key from the receiving device, wherein the second communication channel comprises a different communication medium than the first communication channel, generating a transport key based on the first partial encryption key and the second partial encryption key received via the first and second channels, and encrypting data based on the generated transport key and transmitting the encrypted data to the receiving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Ismail Thanickel, Jonathan Burnham, Satyajit P. Patne, Neal Shen, Stephen Paul McFarland, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220138667
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of utilizing data, by a transport, for a period of time according to a license file, removing a first type of the data, by the transport, while the transport is operating, removing a second type of the data, by the transport when the transport ceases operating, and retaining a third type of data in memory after the transport ceases operating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220135047
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of determining, by a transport, data to be forwarded to one or more devices associated with each of one or more occupants based on a type of the data and characteristics of the one or more occupants, and forwarding, by the transport, one or more portions of the data based on the determining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220123923
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of creating, by a transport, a digital key when the transport is powered on, wherein the digital key relates to an identity of an occupant of the transport, creating, by the transport, a digital sub-key that is related to the digital key, using, by the transport, the digital key during processing of a first set of functions, and using, by the transport, the digital sub-key during processing of a second set of functions that are more critical than the first set of functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Ismail Thanickel, Edward Allen Cain, JR.
  • Publication number: 20220109563
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a transport, first data from an occupant device proximate the transport, modifying, by the transport, a location-based level of trust related to a type and an interaction of the received first data with the occupant device, and receiving, by the transport, second data based on the modified location-based level of trust and a proximity of the occupant device to the transport.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220108291
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of receiving, by a server, a request for particular data, determining, by the server, a transport that can provide the particular data based on one or more current settings of the transport and a current route of the transport, requesting, by the server, the transport to provide the particular data for a value, and receiving, by the server, the particular data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2020
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Edward Allen Cain, JR., Satyajit P. Patne
  • Publication number: 20220070017
    Abstract: An example operation includes one or more of generating a data frame for transmission via a controller area network (CAN) bus of a transport, the data frame comprising data stored in a plurality of fields, encoding at least one authentication bit into a value within a data field of the generated data frame, wherein the at least one authentication bit comprises a digital signature based on a predefined key for the at least one authentication bit, and transmitting the generated data frame with the at least one authentication bit that comprises the digital signature via the CAN bus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Satyajit P. Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Adam Loyd Parker, Jonathan Burnham, Stephen Paul McFarland, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20200334357
    Abstract: System, methods, and other embodiments described herein relate to securing wireless communications for passive keyless entry (PKE) to an asset. In one embodiment, a method includes monitoring operating conditions associated with the asset. The operating conditions identify security characteristics of the asset and interactions of wireless devices with the asset. The method includes selectively activating at least one countermeasure from an available group of countermeasures according to at least the operating conditions. The method includes wirelessly communicating, by the asset with an accessing device, according to the at least one countermeasure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Satyajit Patne, Edward Allen Cain, JR., Gabriel Lawrence, Joshua Davis