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Method and apparatus for remotely communicating vehicle information to the cloud

  • US 9,275,503 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2012
  • Issued: 03/01/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/18/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for communicating and storing vehicle information from a vehicle across a remote network to one or more remote devices utilizing at least one communication protocol of the vehicle, comprising the steps of:

  • receiving vehicle data from the vehicle through a device protocol system in communication arrangement with the vehicle;

    providing security, permission and privacy in relation to the vehicle data;

    processing requests from applications to access the vehicle data;

    providing a data sharing profile which includes identifiable attributes, authentication and authorization rules and duration, to an entity in control of the vehicle to allow for control of how data of the vehicle will be shared;

    transmitting at least one message having a device ID, a network ID, and the received vehicle data, from the device protocol system across the remote network to a service broker system capable of mapping the device ID to the network ID;

    wherein the network ID uniquely identifies a communication endpoint in the remote network; and

    ,decoding and storing the vehicle information of the at least one transmitted message on the remote network at a data store in relation to the transmitted at least one message.

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