Vehicle data services enabled by low power FM transmission

[0014]The following discussion of the embodiments of the invention directed to a vehicle system including a vehicle that communicates with a smart phone over the FM frequency band is merely exemplary in nature, and is in no way intended to limit the invention or its applications or uses.

[0015]As will be discussed in detail below, the present invention proposes a technique that leverages, for example, a Bluetooth pairing process between a consumer's smart phone / consumer electronic (CE) device and a vehicle to secure the communications between the vehicle and the CE device and to determine if the CE device is an authorized device. Bluetooth device pairing is well understood by those trained in the art and can be accomplished by three methods, namely, ‘Just Works’, ‘Alphanumerical Key Entry’ and ‘Out of Band’ key exchange. In all three methods, the pairing devices exchange information including the exchange of private information that is only known to the pairing devices. This private i