SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR MANAGING VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION

1 . An apparatus comprising:

a policy acquisition circuit structured to interpret a vehicle policy data value comprising vehicle status data;

a policy processing circuit structured to generate, in response to and based at least in part on the vehicle policy data value, parsed policy data that comprises a vehicle data collection description;

a policy execution circuit structured to collect vehicle data from one or more end points of at least one network zone of a vehicle in response to the parsed policy data;

a vehicle data transmission circuit structured to transmit at least a portion of the collected vehicle data; and

a vehicle status data adjustment circuit structured to interpret a vehicle status data collection change value, and wherein at least one of:

the policy execution circuit further structured to adjust collecting vehicle data in response to the vehicle status data collection change value; or

the vehicle data transmission circuit further structured to adjust transmitting the at least a portion of the collected vehicle data in response to the vehicle status data collection change value.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle status data adjustment circuit is further structured to interpret the vehicle status data collection change value in response to an operating condition of the vehicle.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle status data adjustment circuit is further structured to interpret the vehicle status data collection change value in response to an event occurrence.

4 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the vehicle status data adjustment circuit is further structured to determine the event occurrence by performing at least one operation selected from the operations consisting of:

determining a fault condition value;

determining a fault count value;

determining a diagnostic parameter value;

determining a fault confirmation value;

determining a diagnostic confirmation value;

determining a fault intermediate value; or

determining a diagnostic intermediate value.

5 . The apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the vehicle status data further comprises a trigger condition, and wherein the vehicle status data adjustment circuit is further structured to determine the event occurrence in response to the trigger condition.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the trigger condition comprises at least one condition selected from the conditions consisting of:

an event detection condition;

a vehicle status value; or

a vehicle operating condition value.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle status data adjustment circuit is further structured to interpret the vehicle status data collection change value in response to a location description value.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the location description value comprises at least one description selected from the descriptions consisting of:

a geographic location value;

a jurisdiction value;

a relative location value; or

a defined geographic region value.

9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the policy execution circuit is responsive to the vehicle status data collection change value to:

prevent collection of at least a portion of the vehicle data in response to the location description value,

commence collection of at least a portion of the vehicle data in response to the location description value,

adjust a formatting of at least a portion of the vehicle data in response to the location description value, or

adjust a priority associated with at least a portion of the vehicle data in response to the location description value.

10 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the priority comprises an on-vehicle data storage priority or a transmission priority.

11 . The apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the priority comprises an on-vehicle transmission priority corresponding to at least one network zone of the vehicle.

12 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the vehicle data transmission circuit is responsive to the vehicle status data collection change value to adjust a priority of the at least a portion of the collected vehicle data in response to the location description value.

13 . An apparatus comprising:

a policy acquisition circuit structured to interpret a vehicle policy data value comprising vehicle status data, and to update a data collection policy in response to the vehicle policy data value;

a policy processing circuit structured to generate, in response to and based at least in part on the updated data collection policy, parsed policy data that comprises a vehicle data collection description;

a policy execution circuit structured to collect vehicle data from one or more end points of at least one network zone of a vehicle in response to the parsed policy data; and

a vehicle data transmission circuit structured to transmit at least a portion of the collected vehicle data.

14 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data collection policy comprises a built-in policy, wherein the vehicle policy data value comprises one of a factory policy or a downloaded policy, and wherein the policy acquisition circuit is further structured to update the data collection policy by replacing the data collection policy with a policy determined in response to the vehicle policy data value.

15 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data collection policy comprises a built-in policy, wherein the vehicle policy data value comprises one of a factory policy or a downloaded policy, and wherein the policy acquisition circuit is further structured to update the data collection policy by:

generating an update policy by adding compatible portions of the built-in policy to a policy determined in response to the vehicle policy data value; and

replacing the data collection policy with the update policy.

16 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data collection policy comprises a factory policy, wherein the vehicle policy data value comprises a downloaded policy, and wherein the policy acquisition circuit is further structured to update the data collection policy by replacing the data collection policy with a policy determined in response to the vehicle policy data value.

17 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the data collection policy comprises a factory policy, wherein the vehicle policy data value comprises a downloaded policy, and wherein the policy acquisition circuit is further structured to update the data collection policy by:

generating an update policy by adding compatible portions of the factory policy to a policy determined in response to the vehicle policy data value; and

replacing the data collection policy with the update policy.

18 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the policy acquisition circuit is further structured to update the data collection policy by appending a requested policy determined in response to the vehicle policy data value to the data collection policy.

19 . The apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the policy acquisition circuit is further structured to update the data collection policy by removing the appended requested policy in response to at least one of:

a data collection event of collected vehicle data responsive to the appended requested policy;

a data transmission event of collected vehicle data responsive to the appended requested policy;

a policy cancel value provided by an external device;

a change in a subscription status of an entity providing the vehicle policy data value; or

a change in an authorization status of an entity providing the vehicle policy data value.

20 . The apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the vehicle policy data value further comprises a trigger condition, and wherein the policy execution circuit is further structured to collect vehicle data further in response to the trigger condition.