Vehicle data acquisition and access system and method
Systems and methods to securely retrieve, process, and archive (e.g., via cloud systems) vehicle events, vehicle status, vehicle owner data, and historical data. The system provides real-time, or event-based, vehicle data acquisition to facilitate verifiable and accurate information. True and accurate vehicle data can be accessed by various companies, entities, and government agencies under a subscription service, or on a per-event basis.
1. A system of facilitating access to vehicle data, comprising:
a vehicle electronic control unit;
a cloud storage system configured to store at least vehicle data, the cloud storage system including an application layer and a secured storage layer;
at least one user computing device in operative communication with the cloud storage system via a secure user communication channel; and
a vehicle analysis computing module in operative communication with the vehicle electronic control unit and the cloud storage system, the vehicle analysis computing module in operative secure communication with the cloud storage system via a secure vehicle communication channel and configured to process the vehicle data and transfer the vehicle data to the cloud storage system, prohibiting access to the vehicle data by computing devices intermediate the vehicle analysis computing module and the cloud storage system, with the vehicle analysis computing module further configured to facilitate restricted read-only access to the vehicle data at the vehicle analysis computing module.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud storage system includes a proxy layer in line prior to the application layer.
3. The system of claim 1 , further including a load balancer layer intermediate the vehicle analysis computing module and the application layer of the cloud storage system.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud storage system includes one or more virtual private cloud (VPC) environments.
5. The system of claim 4 , wherein the one or more VPC environments are configured to store, and to facilitate secure controlled access by one or more original equipment manufacturers (OEM) to, the vehicle data.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the cloud storage system further includes an authentication layer provided intermediate the application layer and the at least one user computing device.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the secure user communication channel includes secure internet connection technology.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the secure vehicle communication channel includes secure internet connection technology.
9. The system of claim 1 , wherein the secured storage layer includes an encrypted database.
10. The system of claim 1 , further including a vehicle technician computing device in operative communication with the cloud storage system or the vehicle analysis computing module via a secure repair communication channel.
11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the vehicle technician computing device includes a device selected from the group consisting of a tablet, a smartphone, a desktop computing device, and a handheld scanning device.
12. The system of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle analysis computing module includes a secure vehicle database.
13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the secure vehicle database includes personal vehicle owner data.
14. The system of claim 13 , wherein a vehicle technician computing device is provided selective secure access to the personal vehicle owner data in the secure vehicle database.
15. A system of facilitating access to vehicle data, comprising:
a cloud server system adapted to store and facilitate access to vehicle data, the cloud storage system including a secure storage layer having an encrypted database;
a first user device in operative secure communication with the cloud server system;
a second user device in operative secure communication with the cloud server system; and
a vehicle computing module in operative communication with a vehicle electronic control unit and the cloud server system, the vehicle computing module configured to process the vehicle data and transfer the vehicle data to the cloud server system for storage at the encrypted database, prohibiting access to the vehicle data by computing devices intermediate the vehicle computing module and the cloud server system, with the vehicle computing module further configured to facilitate restricted read-only access to the vehicle data at the vehicle computing module.
16. The system of claim 15 , wherein the cloud server system includes one or more virtual private cloud (VPC) environments.
17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the one or more VPC environments are configured to store, and to facilitate secure controlled access by one or more original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to, the vehicle data.
18. The system of claim 15 , wherein the first user device and the second user device are in operative secure communication with the cloud server system via secure internet connection technology.
19. The system of claim 15 , further including a vehicle technician computing device in operative communication with the cloud server system or the vehicle computing module via a secure repair communication channel.
20. The system of claim 15 , wherein the vehicle computing module includes a secure vehicle database configured to store the vehicle data and personal vehicle owner data.