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Granted Patent B2
US 11,917,395 · App. 17/399,269 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Connected vehicle services privacy and protection

Inventors: Ryan N. Wilson (Melissa, TX); Edward Allen Cain, Jr. (Plano, TX)
Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
H04W12/02H04W12/03H04W12/10H04W12/61
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Patent No.
US 11,917,395
App. No.
17/399,269
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

An example operation includes one or more of receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area; receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area; providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement. This enables an occupant of a transport to share personal data relating to the transport with confidence that the data will be deleted by an agreed time.

Claims (50)

1. A method comprising:

receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area;

receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area;

providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and

providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the deletion time is related to a time when it is detected that the at least one transport exits the area.

3. The method of claim 1 comprising:

analyzing the provided personal data;

determining, from the analysis, that the at least one transport is a priority data source; and

requesting further uses of personal data to be provided when the transport re-enters the area.

4. The method of claim 1 comprising displaying, by the transport to a user of the transport, a confirmation that the personal data was deleted by the entity.

5. The method of claim 1 comprising receiving by the transport network prior to the deletion time, an additional request for an additional use of the personal data, the additional request comprising an additional deletion time.

6. The method of claim 5 comprising maintaining, by the entity, the personal data after the initial deletion time if the additional request is approved by the at least one transport.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the personal data comprises at least braking data for the transport in the area.

8. An entity network comprising at least one computer programmed to:

provide a data request to a transport network comprising at least one transport, the data request comprising at least an indication of personal information and vehicle data of the at least one transport and a proposed deletion time for the data;

receive, from the transport network, an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and

receive the personal data from the at least one transport when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement.

9. The entity network of claim 8 , wherein the at least one computer is programmed to:

receive an indication that the at least one transport has exited the area; and

delete the personal data in response to the reception of the indication.

10. The entity network of claim 8 , wherein the at least one computer is programmed to:

analyze the received personal data;

determine, from the analysis, that the at least one transport is a priority data source; and

provide further requests for uses of personal data to the at least one transport when the at least one transport re-enters the area.

11. The entity network of claim 8 , wherein the at least one computer is programmed to provide a notification to the transport network that the personal data was deleted by the entity.

12. The entity network of claim 8 , wherein the at least one computer is programmed to:

determine, prior to the deletion time of the data request, an additional use of the personal data;

provide, to the transport network, an additional data request comprising the additional use of the data and an additional deletion time;

receive, from the transport network, an additional acknowledgement for the additional data request; and

use the personal data for the additional use.

13. The entity network of claim 12 , wherein the at least one computer is programmed to maintain the personal data after the initial deletion time in response to the receipt of the additional acknowledgement.

14. The entity network of claim 8 , wherein the personal data comprises at least braking data for the transport in the area.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

receiving a request into a transport network comprising at least one transport for a proposed use of personal data associated with the at least one transport prior to the at least one transport entering an area;

receiving into the transport network a deletion time of the personal data, prior to the at least one transport entering the area;

providing, from the transport network an acknowledgement of the deletion time; and

providing, from the transport network, the personal data when the at least one transport is in the area based on the received acknowledgement.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the deletion time is related to a time when it is detected that the at least one transport exits the area.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

analyzing the provided personal data;

determining, from the analysis, that the at least one transport is a priority data source; and

requesting further uses of personal data to be provided when the transport re-enters the area.

18. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

displaying, by the transport to a user of the transport, a confirmation that the personal data was deleted by the entity.

19. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 15 , comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

receiving by the transport network prior to the deletion time, an additional request for an additional use of the personal data, the additional request comprising an additional deletion time.

20. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 19 , comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

receiving an indication of an inducement for approving the additional request; and

displaying the inducement by the at least one transport.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: WILSON, RYAN N.; CAIN, EDWARD ALLEN, JR.
To: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Reel/Frame 057145/0276 →
Continuity (1)
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