IP Library Granted Patent US 12,562,897
Granted Patent B2
US 12,562,897 · App. 18/410,123 · Granted Feb 24, 2026

Vehicle advertisement system

Inventors: Shintaro Matsutani (Kariya, JP); Ryuichi Danno (Kasugai, JP); Atsushi Ikegaya (Aisai, JP); Masashi Nomoto (Tokyo, JP); Oral Kaplan (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04L9/088
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Patent No.
US 12,562,897
App. No.
18/410,123
Granted
Feb 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Receiving first data regarding driving from the vehicle, a control unit is configured to execute generating and encrypting second data to be transmitted to the first server based on the first data, and transmitting the encrypted second data to the first server. and transmitting to the first server, every predetermined period, a key for decoding the second data transmitted to the first server during the predetermined period.

Claims (20)

1 . A vehicle advertisement system, comprising:

a data analysis server including a first processor;

a data utilization server including a second processor;

a vehicle that transmits first data regarding traveling to the data analysis server; and

a user terminal of a driver of the vehicle, wherein

the first processor is configured to

generate second data that is encrypted,

transmit the second data to the data utilization server, and

transmit, to the data utilization server, at every predetermined period, a key for decrypting the second data transmitted to the data utilization server during the predetermined period, and

the second processor is configured to

identify, based on the second data, places where the driver goes, and

provide the user terminal with an advertisement that matches the places.

2 . The vehicle advertisement system according to claim 1 , wherein the first processor is configured to

check whether consent from the user terminal to disclose the first data is obtained, and

transmit the key to decrypt the second data to the data utilization server only when the consent is obtained.

3 . The vehicle advertisement system according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined period is a period during which the vehicle travels a predetermined distance, or a period of one trip of the vehicle.

4 . The vehicle advertisement system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first data includes a plurality of items,

the second data is encrypted using a different key for each of the plurality of items, and

the first processor is configured to transmit the key corresponding to, out of the items, an item regarding which consent to disclose is obtained from the user terminal, to the data utilization server.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 11, 2024
From: MATSUTANI, SHINTARO; DANNO, RYUICHI; IKEGAYA, ATSUSHI; NOMOTO, MASASHI; KAPLAN, ORAL
To: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 066099/0510 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2023-083779 · May 22, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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