METHODS FOR PROVIDING SECURE AND TRANSPARENT CACHED IGNITION INTERLOCK DATA

• US 20100212986A1
• Filed: 02/23/2009
• Published: 08/26/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Poka Yoke LLC
• Original Assignee: Michael D. Roth
• Inventors: Roth, Michael D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,059,003 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 180/272
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 28/063 preventing starting of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/24 Drug level, e.g. alcohol
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 33/4972 Determining alcohol content for vehicle safety devices B60K28/06

Abstract

Generally, in accordance with various exemplary embodiments of the present invention, the present method comprises collecting data from breath alcohol ignition interlock devices (“BIID” or “IID”), uploading the data from an IID to a central database, pairing said data with secure transactional data to provide one or more secure transactional stamp(s), storing said data and said paired secure transactional stamp(s) in said central database, producing a report comprising said data and said paired transactional stamp, and providing said report to an authorized third party. Preferably, the transactional stamp comprising the name of personnel, time, and any changes made to the data collected from the IID is generated and attached to the data. Further, the present invention discloses methods for transactional stamping all reviews of the IID data and/or all client input data to produce a secure report, admissible under the Federal Rules of Evidence.

Claims

1. A method for providing secured and transparent cached ignition interlock data from a breath alcohol ignition interlock device comprising:

interfacing a central database with at least one ignition interlock device;

uploading data from said at least one ignition interlock device to said central database;

pairing said data with secured transactional data to provide a secure transactional stamp;

storing said data and said paired secure transactional stamp in said central database;

producing a report with said data and said paired transactional stamp; and

providing said report to an authorized third party.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one ignition interlock device comprises at least one of a Taguchi cell, an infrared absorption sensing system, and a fuel cell configured to sense and quantify the amount of alcohol in a client'"'"'s breath sample.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one ignition interlock device comprises at least one of a DRAEGER INTERLOCK®

XT device, an Intoxalock device, a LifeSafer Interlock device, a Smart Start'"'"'s ignition interlock device, an AMS 2000 device, a QuicTest device, and The Determinator device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said interface between said central database and said at least one ignition interlock device comprises at least one of a wireless connection and a wired connection.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein said wired connection comprises at least one of a USB connection, an Ethernet connection, a DIN connection, a DVI connection, a VGA connection, a DB13W3 connection, and a D-Terminal connection.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein said wireless connection comprises at least one of a wireless access network connection.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said data uploaded from said at least one ignition interlock device comprises blood alcohol concentration test results, diagnostic information of said at least one ignition interlock device, warnings of hardware failures of said at least one ignition interlock device, speed of vehicle, or information concerning the verification of the operator'"'"'s identity.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein said secured transactional data comprises at least one of a time data denoting the time at which said data was collected, a date data denoting the date at which said data was collected, an operator data denoting the name of the operator who uploaded said data from said at least one ignition interlock device, and a programming data describing any programming changes to said data uploaded from said at least one ignition interlock device.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein said secure transactional stamp comprises at least one of a time stamp denoting the time at which said data was collected, a date stamp denoting the date at which said data was collected, an operator stamp denoting the name of the operator who uploaded said data from said at least one ignition interlock device, and a programming stamp describing any programming changes to said data uploaded from said at least one ignition interlock device.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein said central database comprises a computer server.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein said authorized third party comprises at least one of a member of court personnel, a member of motor vehicle department personnel, and a member of police department personnel.

12. A method for providing secured and transparent cached ignition interlock data from a breath alcohol ignition interlock device comprising:

interfacing at least one local computer with at least one ignition interlock device;

uploading data from said at least one ignition interlock device to said at least one local computer;

pairing said data with secured transactional data to provide a secure transactional stamp;

transmitting said data and said paired secure transactional stamp from said at least one local computer to a central database;

storing said data and said paired secured transactional stamp in said central database;

reviewing said data and said paired secured transactional stamp for blood alcohol violations and hardware errors;

logging all actions undertaken in said reviewing step with additional secured transactional data to provide an additional secure transactional stamp;

producing a report comprising said data, said paired transactional stamp and said additional secure transactional stamp; and

providing said report to an authorized third party.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein said at least one local computer comprises at least one of a personal digital assistant (PDA) computer, a laptop computer, and a desktop computer.

14. The method of claim 12, wherein said at least one ignition interlock device comprises at least one of a Taguchi cell, an infrared absorption sensing system, a fuel cell, and a transdermal sensing system, and a bodily fluid sensing system configured to sense and quantify the amount of alcohol in a client'"'"'s breath sample.

15. The method of claim 12, wherein said at least one ignition interlock device comprises at least one of a DRAEGER INTERLOCK®

XT device, an Intoxalock device, a LifeSafer Interlock device, a Smart Start'"'"'s ignition interlock device, an AMS 2000 device, a QuicTest device, and The Determinator device.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein said interface between said central database and said at least one ignition interlock device comprises at least one of a wireless connection and a wired connection:

17. The method of claim 16, wherein said wired connection comprises at least one of a USB connection, an Ethernet connection, a wireless network connection, a DIN connection, a DVI connection, a VGA connection, a DB13W3 connection, and a D-Terminal connection.

18. The method of claim 12, wherein said data uploaded from said at least one ignition interlock device comprises blood alcohol concentration test results, diagnostic information of said at least one ignition interlock device, warnings of hardware failures of said at least one ignition interlock device, speed of vehicle, or information concerning the verification of the operator'"'"'s identity.

19. The method of claim 12, wherein said secured transactional data comprises at least one of a time data denoting the time at which said data was collected, a date data denoting the date at which said data was collected, an operator data denoting the name of the operator who uploaded said data from said at least one ignition interlock device, and a programming data describing any programming changes to said data uploaded from said at least one ignition interlock device.

20. The method of claim 12, wherein said secure transactional stamp comprises at least one of a time stamp denoting the time at which said data was collected, a date stamp denoting the date at which said data was collected, an operator stamp denoting the name of the operator who uploaded said data from said at least one ignition interlock device, and a programming stamp describing any programming changes to said data uploaded from said at least one ignition interlock device.

21. The method of claim 12, wherein said central database comprises a computer server.

22. The method of claim 12, wherein said authorized third party comprises a member of court personnel, a member of motor vehicle department personnel, and a member of police department personnel in the State of Arizona.

23. A system for providing secured and transparent cached ignition interlock data from a breath alcohol ignition interlock device comprising:

interfacing a central database with at least one ignition interlock device;

uploading data from said at least one ignition interlock device to said central database;

pairing said data with secured transactional data to provide a secure transactional stamp;

storing said data and said paired secure transactional stamp in said central database;

providing an interface for the client of said at least one ignition interlock device to input data;

logging all actions undertaken in said client input step with additional secured transactional data to provide an additional secure transactional stamp;

producing a report with said data, said paired transactional stamp, said client inputted data, and said additional secure transactional stamp; and

providing said report to an authorized third party.

24. A method for providing secured and transparent cached ignition interlock data from a breath alcohol ignition interlock device comprising:

interfacing at least one local computer with at least one ignition interlock device;

uploading data from said at least one ignition interlock device to said at least one local computer;

pairing said data with secured transactional data to provide a secure transactional stamp;

transmitting said data and said paired secure transactional stamp from said at least one local computer to a central database;

storing said data and said paired secured transactional stamp in said central database;

reviewing said data and said paired secured transactional stamp for blood alcohol violations and hardware errors;

logging all actions undertaken in said reviewing step with additional secured transactional data to provide an additional secure transactional stamp;

producing a report comprising said data, said paired transactional stamp and said additional secure transactional stamp, wherein said report is admissible under Rule 901(b)(9) of the Federal Rules of Evidence; and

providing said report to an authorized third part.

25. A method for providing secured and transparent cached ignition interlock data from a breath alcohol ignition interlock device comprising:

interfacing at least one local computer with at least one ignition interlock device;

uploading data from said at least one ignition interlock device to said at least one local computer;

pairing said data with secured transactional data to provide a secure transactional stamp;

transmitting said data and said paired secure transactional stamp from said at least one local computer to a central database;

storing said data and said paired secured transactional stamp in said central database;

reviewing said data and said paired secured transactional stamp for blood alcohol violations and hardware errors;

logging all actions undertaken in said reviewing step with additional secured transactional data to provide an additional secure transactional stamp;

producing a report comprising said data, said paired transactional stamp and said additional secure transactional stamp, wherein said report is admissible under Rule 902(11) of the Federal Rules of Evidence; and

providing said report to an authorized third party.