SYSTEM, METHOD, AND APPARATUS FOR CONFIGURABLE VEHICLE DATA COLLECTION

1 . An apparatus, comprising:

a policy acquisition circuit configured to interpret a vehicle policy data value including an external event trigger condition;

a policy processing circuit configured to generate parsed policy data including the external event trigger condition; and

a policy execution circuit configured to collect vehicle data from one or more vehicle end points in response to the parsed policy data.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the external event trigger condition comprises a traffic condition value.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the external event trigger condition comprises a weather condition value.

4 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the external event trigger condition comprises a road condition value.

5 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the policy execution circuit is further configured to collect vehicle data in response to an authorization value associated with the vehicle policy data value.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the authorization value corresponds to at least one of: a requesting entity for the vehicle policy data value; a vehicle type value; or a data type value of the collected vehicle data.

7 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the external event trigger condition comprises a location value, and wherein the policy execution circuit is further configured to collect vehicle data in response to the location value.

8 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the location value comprises a jurisdiction description.

9 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the location value comprises an altitude value.

10 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the location value comprises a climate value.

11 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the location value comprises a season value.

12 . The apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the location value comprises a settlement description.

13 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the external event trigger condition comprises a mission type value, and wherein the policy execution circuit is further configured to collect vehicle data in response to the mission type value.

14 . A cloud system, comprising:

a request interface configured to interpret at least one vehicle data collection description and a target vehicle description;

a policy creator circuit configured to determine at least one vehicle policy data value in response to the at least one vehicle data collection description and the target vehicle description;

a policy implementation circuit configured to determine a group of vehicles in response to the target vehicle description, and to provide at least one of the at least one vehicle policy data values to the group of vehicles; and

a cloud interface configured to receive at least one of:

at least a portion of identified vehicle data in response to the at least one vehicle policy data value; or

an alert response value in response to the at least one vehicle policy data value.

15 . The cloud system of claim 14 , wherein the policy implementation circuit is further configured to determine the group of vehicles in response to a shared vehicle aspect.

16 . The cloud system of claim 15 , wherein the shared vehicle aspect comprises at least one of: a vehicle configuration value, a vehicle component value, or a vehicle feature value.

17 . The cloud system of claim 15 , wherein the shared vehicle aspect comprises at least one of: an owner value, a manufacturer value, an original equipment manufacturer value, a fleet value, a body builder value, or a dealer value.

18 . The cloud system of claim 15 , wherein the shared vehicle aspect comprises at least one of: a maintenance value, a diagnostic value, a recall value, or a fault code value.

19 . The cloud system of claim 15 , wherein the shared vehicle aspect comprises at least one of an associated entity type value or a vehicle type value.