Collection and distribution of telematics data
Described herein are methods of processing telematics data that include receiving initial telematics data related to a vehicle from a telematics device and processing the initial telematics data to generate processed telematics data. For each recipient of a plurality of recipients, the methods additionally include determining, from the initial telematics data and/or the processed telematics data, data that is to be made accessible to a recipient. Determining the data that is to be made accessible to the recipient comprises evaluating one or more constraints for the recipient that constrain what data the recipient is permitted to receive and determining what data has been requested to be provided to the recipient. For each recipient of a plurality of recipients, the methods additionally include distributing the determined data to the recipient. Also described herein are systems for processing telematics data in accordance with the described methods.
1 . A method comprising:
receiving telematics data related to a vehicle from a telematics device;
processing the telematics data to generate processed telematics data;
determining, based on one or more constraints associated with a recipient that constrain what data for the vehicle the recipient is permitted to access, recipient data associated with the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data that the recipient is permitted to access; and
making the recipient data accessible to the recipient.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein processing the telematics data to generate the processed telematics data comprises generating, from the telematics data, derivative data that is derived from at least some of the telematics data.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein making the recipient data accessible to the recipient comprises making vehicle speed data accessible to the recipient.
4 . The method of claim 3 , wherein making the recipient data accessible to the recipient comprises making the vehicle speed data accessible while not making vehicle location data accessible to the recipient.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein determining, based on one or more constraints associated with a recipient, recipient data associated with the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data that the recipient is permitted to access comprises evaluating a constraint received from a user associated with the telematics device.
6 . The method of claim 5 , wherein evaluating the constraint received from the user associated with the telematics device comprises evaluating a data sharing termination constraint received from the user.
7 . The method of claim 6 , further comprising terminating making the recipient data accessible to the recipient.
8 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising not making accessible at least some of the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data to the recipient.
9 . The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
deleting the at least some of the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data that is not to be made accessible to the recipient.
10 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising:
identifying a portion of the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data that satisfies at least one condition; and
deleting the portion of the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data that satisfies the at least one condition.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein identifying the portion that satisfies the at least one condition comprises identifying data of the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data that satisfies at least one privacy condition.
12 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising storing the telematics data in a data store of a recipient volume associated with the recipient, wherein the recipient is not permitted to access the data store of the recipient volume.
13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein making the recipient data accessible to the recipient comprises writing the recipient data to a recipient data store of the recipient volume, wherein the recipient is permitted to access the recipient data store of the recipient volume.
14 . A system comprising:
at least one processor; and
at least one storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the at least one processor to carry out a method comprising:
receiving telematics data related to a vehicle from a telematics device;
processing the telematics data to generate processed telematics data;
generating, based on one or more constraints associated with a subscriber that constrain what data for the vehicle the subscriber is permitted to access, subscriber data associated with the telematics data and/or the processed telematics data that the subscriber is permitted to access; and
writing the subscriber data to a subscriber data store thereby making the subscriber data accessible to the subscriber.
15 . The system of claim 14 , wherein:
generating subscriber data comprises generating derivative data that is derived from at least some of the telematics data; and
writing the subscriber data to the subscriber data store comprises writing at least some of the derivative data to the subscriber data store.
16 . The system of claim 15 , wherein writing the subscriber data to the subscriber data store comprises not writing the telematics data to the subscriber data store.
17 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the method comprises converting at least some of the telematics data from a first format to a second format, wherein the second format is usable by an application that has access to the subscriber data store.
18 . The system of claim 14 , wherein writing the subscriber data to the subscriber data store comprises extracting and removing at least some of the telematics data from the subscriber data store.
19 . The system of claim 14 , wherein the method comprises receiving, from a user associated with the vehicle, at least one of the one or more constraints for the subscriber that constrain what data the subscriber is permitted to access.