FR3089654A1 - Method for managing by a computer system a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a method for managing by a computer system (100) a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle as well as to a computer system implementing such a method. Figure for abstract: 1

Description

Description

Title of the invention: Method for managing by a computer system a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle

Technical field of the invention

The present invention relates to the field of computer systems and computerized methods for managing the sharing of land motor vehicles between owners and delegates. The invention relates in particular to a method for managing a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle. The invention further relates to a computer system implementing such a method. The invention is particularly applicable to the sharing of motor vehicles. State of the art

We know the undeniable success and the usefulness of platforms for providing vehicle sharing services between owners and delegatees. We also know that some of these platforms rely on computer systems so that the usual procedures for transferring elements that allow a delegate to take possession of a vehicle, ie to access and assume control of it, can be carried out without the owner and the delegate having to necessarily meet. To do this, access management and start-up systems have been developed, in particular for motor vehicles, which are capable of interacting with portable electronic devices (eg smartphones) to manage access control and / or access control procedures. start-up. However, it is well known that legal provisions in most countries of the world require that a driver must be able to present title to the vehicle on request. Also, in the context of vehicle sharing, and even if current systems are able to support access and start-up management in dematerialized form, the obligation remains to permanently keep the title of ownership of the vehicle to inside it if you want to be able to be sure that an owner and a delegate will be able to comply with the legal provisions at all times. This is obviously not desirable, in particular with regard to the risk of fraudulent appropriation of the vehicle.

Presentation of the invention

The invention aims to provide a method to overcome this drawback. The invention aims in particular to provide a method and a system which, in the context of vehicle sharing between owners and delegates, provide improvements in connection with this legal obligation which requires all drivers to be able to present on request the title to the vehicle he drives. In the alternative, the invention aims to provide a method and a system for sharing vehicles which make it possible to protect against the risk of hacking of sensitive data, in particular those related to title deeds of vehicles. More subsidiarily still, the invention aims to provide a method and a system for sharing vehicles which make it possible to guard against the risk of loss and / or theft of electronic devices involved in vehicle sharing procedures. Even more subsidiary, the invention aims to provide a method and a system which make it possible to guard against the fraudulent use of title deeds of vehicles.

To this end, the invention relates to a method of managing by a computer system a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle, the method comprising the steps of:

- receive, by a server module of said system executed on a computer server of said system, data transmitted on command of a client module of said system executed on a first electronic device which characterize an authorization to delegate under certain conditions at least one right relating to said audit vehicle,

- determine, by said server module, data which make it possible to exercise said at least one right over said vehicle according to said conditions and which include specific data generated by processing raw data previously recorded on a data storage medium of said system interacting with said computer server and which include a digital image of a title to the vehicle, said processing being carried out with regard to said conditions,

- order, by said server module, a transmission to a second electronic device, on which said client module is also executed, said data which make it possible to exercise said at least one right over said vehicle according to said conditions, and

- recording, on command of said client module executed on said second electronic device, said particular data on a data storage medium integrated into said second electronic device upon receipt thereof.

Alternatively, said processing may include a step of encrypting said raw data using an encryption key established on the basis of said conditions in order to obtain said particular data.

According to another variant, the method may include a step of decrypting particular data, carried out by said client module executed on said second electronic device, which comprises a step of exchanging identification data carried out jointly by said client module executed on said second electronic device and said server module or a step of processing by said client module executed on said second electronic device of data resulting from data entry carried out by means of a graphical interface generated by said client module executed on said second electronic device.

According to another variant, the method may include a step of reception, by said server module, of data which characterize that said vehicle was started while said first electronic device was connected to a communication apparatus by radiofrequency signals arranged in said vehicle.

According to another variant, the decryption step may include a step of displaying the digital image on a screen of said second electronic device.

The invention further relates to a computer system for managing a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle, the system comprising means jointly implementing a method as defined above.

Alternatively, said means may include a computer server on which a server module is executed, a client module executable on a first and / or a second electronic device and a data storage medium interacting with said computer server.

In another variant, said second electronic device can be portable.

According to another variant, said computer server can interact with a communication device to communicate with said first and / or said second electronic device through a communication network.

According to another variant, said client module can be configured to prevent the implementation of any functionality allowing a screenshot provided by said first and / or said second electronic device.

Brief description of the figures

Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear on examining the detailed description below, and the attached drawings, in which:

[Fig.l] is a block diagram of a management system according to the invention, and

[Fig.2] is a flowchart illustrating certain steps of a management method according to the invention.

Detailed description of the invention

As illustrated in FIG. 1, the system 100 for managing a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle according to the present invention comprises computer server 103, on which a server module 101 is executed, a client module 102, executable on a first 104 and / or a second electronic device 105, and a data storage medium 106 interacting with the computer server 103. Preferably, the system 100 comprises a communication device (not shown) with which the computer server 103 interacts, on command from the server module 101, in order to use a communication channel C based at least in part on the Internet and on public wireless communication networks to communicate with the first 104 and / or the second electronic device 105. To do this, the computer server 103 is connected to the communication equipment by any connection means well known to those skilled in the art (coaxial cable, f optical fiber, router, network switch, gateway, etc.) whether or not it is an integral part of the communication equipment. As can be understood, the system 100 according to the invention therefore forms a client-server architecture well known to those skilled in the art. In addition, the first 104 and the second electronic device 105 are portable (eg smartphone, tablet, personal assistant, etc.) and, conventionally, are each provided with an integrated data storage medium 104A, 105A, and d '' an internal communication device (not shown) allowing the implementation of all current techniques of data transmission by radio waves well known to those skilled in the art (eg Bluetooth, Wifi, GSM, third generation, fourth generation telephony generation and / or fifth generation, etc.).

Preferably, the client module 102 takes the form of an application downloadable from an application store (Google Play, App Store, etc.). Alternatively, the client module 102 can be executed within a browser provided by the operating system of the first and / or second electronic device 104, 105. Advantageously, the client module 102 is configured to interact with an appliance of acquisition of images provided by the first and / or second electronic device 104, 105. In addition, even more advantageously, the client module 202 is configured to prevent the implementation of any functionality allowing a screenshot provided by the first 104 and / or the second electronic device 105. As will be seen below, in the context of the sharing of land motor vehicles, this characteristic of the client module 102 contributes to limit the risk of fraudulent appropriation of data sensitive such as those corresponding to title deeds of land motor vehicles.

All the elements described above contribute to allow the system 100 to implement a method for managing a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle, as described below.

The method according to the invention first of all comprises several preliminary steps which are carried out to conduct an owner registration process for the vehicle sharing service. Also, during a first preliminary step, the owner runs on his electronic device the client module 102 which, through a graphical interface, invites the owner to carry out the registration process. Then, in another preliminary step, the owner creates a user account by transmitting, preferably, an email address. Then, in order to certify that the owner has access to the email address that he has submitted, the server module 101 orders, during another preliminary step, the transmission of a message to the email address submitted by the owner that contains an activation link. Then, during another preliminary step, when the server module 101 receives confirmation that the owner has clicked on the activation link, the server module 101 commands the transmission of data to the client module 102 to invite the owner to submit a telephone number corresponding to the first electronic device 104. Then, during another preliminary step, upon receipt of the owner's telephone number, the server module 101 commands the transmission of a text message which contains a password for single use to be submitted via the graphical interface generated by the client module 102 on the electronic device 104. On receipt of the password for single use, the server module 101 commands, during another preliminary step, the transmission of data to the client module 102 to invite the owner to submit a photo of him, a photo of his identity document and a photo of the property title of the vehicle. To do this, the owner can rely on the ability of the client module 102 to interact with an image acquisition device of the first electronic device 104. Then, during another preliminary step, after having implemented a process for validating the information supplied by the owner, based for example on an exchange of data with entities authorized to control and validate this information, the server module 101 records the information supplied by the owner on the data storage medium 106 and controls in parallel, previously or later, the transmission of data to the client module 102 to invite the owner to connect the electronic device 104 to a radio frequency signal communication device arranged in the vehicle and to start the vehicle. Finally, during another preliminary step, the server module 101 receives data which characterizes that said vehicle was started while the first electronic device 104 was connected to the radiofrequency signal communication equipment arranged in the vehicle. Based on this registration process, the server module 102 therefore establishes with certainty that the vehicle does indeed belong to the owner.

Then, as illustrated in FIG. 2, the method comprises a step 201 during which the server module 101 receives data transmitted on command from the client module 102 executed on the first electronic device 104 which characterize an authorization to delegate under certain conditions at least one right relating to said vehicle. In other words, during this step, the owner, through the client module 102 executed on the first electronic device 104, submits to the server module 101 an authorization to grant a right relating to his vehicle (eg right of access to the safe, right of access to the vehicle, right to start the vehicle, right to delegate at least one right to at least a third party, etc.) in favor of a delegatee under certain conditions (eg duration of the granting of the delegation, authorized geographic space, maximum distance allowed, etc.).

Then, during another step 202, the server module 101 determines data which make it possible to exercise the right granted by the owner on the vehicle according to the conditions. In addition, this data which makes it possible to exercise the right to the vehicle also includes specific data generated by the processing of raw data which includes the digital image of the title of ownership of the vehicle that the owner has submitted during implementation. of the registration process, this processing comprising at least one step of encrypting the raw data using an encryption key established on the basis of the conditions. For example, it is conceivable that an encryption key is established taking into account a duration of delegation so that the decryption of the particular data by the client module 102, and therefore the visualization of the electronic image of the title deed of the vehicle, is only possible for a certain time after the end of the delegation period.

Thereafter, during another step 203, the server module 101 controls a transmission of the data which make it possible to exercise the right granted by the owner on the vehicle according to the conditions intended for the second electronic device 105, the one held by the delegatee that the owner indicated when submitting the delegation authorization. However, in certain cases, this step of controlling a transmission follows a first intermediate step or during which the server module 101 determines whether the delegate is registered on a list of users of the vehicle sharing service. When this is not the case, the server module 101 then commands, during a second intermediate step, the transmission of a text message to the delegatee to invite the latter to execute the client module 102 to follow the stages of a registration process substantially identical to that described above, except for the subject of the transmission of title to the vehicle.

Then, during another step 204 of the method according to the invention, the client module 102 executed on the second electronic device 105 controls the recording of particular data on the integrated data medium 105A to the second electronic device 105 from receipt of these.

Finally, the method ends with a final step of decrypting the specific data, carried out by the client module 102 executed on the second electronic device 105, which comprises a step of exchanging identification data carried out jointly by the module client 102 executed on the second electronic device 105 and the server module 101 or a step of processing by the client module 102 executed on the second electronic device 105 of data resulting from an entry of information carried out through the graphical interface generated by the client module 102 executed on said second electronic device 105.

For example, when the connectivity between the client module 102 and the server module 101 can be ensured, the decryption of the particular data making it possible to view the digital image of the title to the vehicle in plain text on a screen of the second electronic device may require the entry by the delegate of a code and a transmission of this code to the server module 101 which, depending on the validity of the code, established for example by carrying out a comparison with a code specified by the delegate at the time of the setting implementation of the registration process, control or not the transmission of data which authorize the client module 102 to display the title of ownership of the vehicle in clear on a screen of the second electronic device 105. On the contrary, when the connectivity between the client module 102 and the server module 101 cannot be ensured, it can be envisaged that the delegatee is invited to answer questions whose answers are validated in rega rd of certain control data previously recorded in the data storage medium 105A. In this case, the display of the title to the vehicle by the client module 102 is only authorized when the responses provided are in accordance with the control data.

Therefore, under the method and system according to the invention described above, in the context of vehicle sharing management systems between owners and delegates, the functional bricks are provided to make improvements in connection with the legal obligation which requires any driver to be able to present the title of ownership of the vehicle he drives on request. In addition, the method and the system according to the invention make it possible to guard against the risk of hacking of sensitive data, in particular those linked to titles of ownership of vehicles. Indeed, the title of ownership of the vehicle is transmitted to the delegatee only in encrypted form. Furthermore, the invention provides a method and a system which make it possible to guard against the risk of loss and / or theft of electronic devices involved in vehicle sharing procedures. In fact, this is due to the fact that the display of the title deed is only possible following the implementation of specific verification processes. Finally, the invention provides a method and a system which make it possible to guard against the fraudulent use of title deeds of vehicles insofar as no screenshot can be taken. The invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, presented only by way of examples, but extends to other embodiments, especially those within the reach of ordinary skill in the art. which are formed by obviously modifying certain steps of the process described above.

Claims (1)

Method for managing by a computer system (100) a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle, characterized in that the method comprises the steps of: receiving, by a server module (101) of said system (100) running on a computer server (103) of said system, data transmitted on command from a client module (102) of said system (100) running on a first electronic device ( 104) which characterize an authorization to delegate under certain conditions at least one right relating to said vehicle, to determine, by said server module (101), data which make it possible to exercise said at least one right on said vehicle according to said conditions and which include specific data generated by a processing of raw data previously recorded on a data storage medium (106) of said system interacting with said computer server (103) and which comprises a digital image of a title of ownership of the vehicle, said processing being carried out with regard to said conditions, controlling, by said server module (101), a transmission to a second electronic device (105), on leq uel is also executed said client module (102), said data which allow to exercise said at least one right on said vehicle according to said conditions, and record, on command of said client module (102) executed on said second electronic device (105) , said particular data on an integrated data storage medium (105A) to said second electronic device (105) upon receipt thereof. Method according to claim 1, characterized in that said processing comprises a step of encrypting said raw data using an encryption key established on the basis of said conditions in order to obtain said particular data. Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a step of decrypting particular data, carried out by said client module (102) executed on said second electronic device (105), which comprises a step of exchanging identification data produced jointly by said client module (102) running on said second electronic device (105) and said server module (101) or a step of processing by said client module (102) executed on said second electronic device (105) of data resulting from data entry carried out by means of a graphical interface generated by said client module (102) executed on said second electronic device (105). [Claim 4] Method according to one of the preceding claims, characterized in that it comprises a step of reception, by said server module (101), of data which characterize that said vehicle was started while said first electronic device (104) was connected radio communication equipment arranged in said vehicle. [Claim 5] Method according to claim 3, characterized in that the decryption step comprises a step of displaying the digital image on a screen of said second electronic device (105). [Claim 6] Computer system (100) for managing a delegation of at least one right relating to a land motor vehicle, characterized in that it comprises means (101, 102, 103, 106) jointly implementing a method according to one of the preceding claims. [Claim 7] Computer system (100) according to claim 6, characterized in that said means include a computer server (103) on which a server module (101) is executed, a client module (102) executable on a first and / or a second electronic device (104, 105) and a data storage medium (106) interacting with said computer server (103). [Claim 8] System according to one of claims 6 or 7, characterized in that said second electronic device is portable. [Claim 9] System according to one of claims 6-8, characterized in that said computer server (103) interacts, on command of said server module (101), with a communication device to communicate with said first and / or said second electronic device ( 104, 105). [Claim 10] System according to one of claims 6-9 characterized in that said client module (102) is configured to prevent the implementation of any functionality allowing a screenshot provided by said first and / or said second electronic device (104 , 105). 1/2