SECURE DATA CONTAINER FOR AN AMBIENT INTELLIGENT ENVIRONMENT

• US 20140189888A1
• Filed: 12/29/2012
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lenny Insurance Limited (TATA Motors Limited)
• Original Assignee: CloudCar, Inc.
• Inventors: Madhok, Ajay, Malahy, Evan, Morris, Ron
• Application Number:
  US13/730,929
• Publication Number:
  US 20140189888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 726/29
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/08 for authentication of entities cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication H04L9/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0807 using tickets, e.g. Kerberos cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication using tickets or tokens H04L9/3213
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/102 Entity profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks

Abstract

A system and method for providing a secure data container for an ambient intelligent environment are disclosed. A particular embodiment includes: collecting a set of information from a first digital network information endpoint associated with a vehicle; associating, by use of a data processor, a persistent digital identifier with the collected information, the persistent digital identifier being derived from information associated with the vehicle; enabling a user to specify a shared data set from the collected information; enabling the user to specify a set of sharing controls corresponding to the shared data set; combining information identifying the shared data set and the sharing controls in a secure container; and enabling to second digital network information endpoint to access the shared data set via the secure container upon presentation of a valid secure access token.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

collecting a set of information from a first digital network information endpoint associated with a vehicle;

associating, by use of a data processor, a persistent digital identifier with the collected information, the persistent digital identifier being derived from information associated with the vehicle;

enabling a user to specify a shared data set from the collected information;

enabling the user to specify a set of sharing controls corresponding to the shared data set;

combining information identifying the shared data set and the sharing controls in a secure container; and

enabling a second digital network information endpoint access the shared data set via the secure container upon presentation of a valid secure access token.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the collected information is normalized, homogenized, and aggregated to form a unified data set associated with the persistent digital identifier.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the collected information is stored in a network cloud.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the persistent digital identifier is derived from the vehicle identification number (VIN) associated with the vehicle.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 wherein the shared data set includes a current vehicle status, a current vehicle location, a driver profile, a driver calendar, and driver contact information.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1 including enabling the user to select a personalization template used to configure a presentation of the shared data set to the second digital network information endpoint.

7. The method a claimed in claim 1 wherein the sharing controls include access, privacy, expiry, synchronization, and usage controls.

8. The method as claimed in claim 1 including generating the secure access token with access control information.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 including automatically pushing the shared data to the second digital network information endpoint based on a pre-configured trigger.

10. A system comprising:

one or more data processors; and

a vehicle-based Distributed Shared Data Object system, executable by the one or more data processors, to;

collect a set of information from a first digital network information endpoint associated with a vehicle;

associate a persistent digital identifier with the collected information, the persistent digital identifier being derived from information associated with the vehicle;

enable a user to specify a shared data set from the collected information;

enable the user to specify a set of sharing controls corresponding to the shared data set;

combine information identifying the shared data set and the sharing controls in a secure container; and

enable a second digital network information endpoint to access the shared data set via the secure container upon presentation of a valid secure access token.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the collected information is normalized, homogenized, and aggregated to form a unified data set associated with the persistent digital identifier.

12. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the collected information is stored in a network cloud.

13. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the persistent digital identifier is derived from the vehicle identification number (VIN) associated with the vehicle.

14. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the shared data set includes a current vehicle status, a current vehicle location, a driver profile, a driver calendar, and driver contact information.

15. The system as claimed in claim 10 being further configured to enable the user to select a personalization template used to configure a presentation of the shared data sot to the second digital network information endpoint.

16. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein the sharing controls include access, privacy, expiry, synchronization, and usage controls.

17. The system as claimed in claim 10 being further configured to generate the secure access token with access control information.

18. The system as claimed in claim 10 being further configured to automatically push the shared data to the second digital network information endpoint based on a pre-configured trigger.

19. A non-transitory machine-useable storage medium embodying instructions which, when executed by as machine, cause the machine to:

collect a set of information from a first digital network information endpoint associated with a vehicle;

associate a persistent digital identifier with the collected information, the persistent digital identifier being derived from information associated with the vehicle;

enable a user to specify a shared data set from the collected information;

enable the user to specify a set of sharing controls corresponding to the shared data set;

combine information identifying the shared data set and the sharing controls in a secure container; and

enable a second digital network information endpoint to access the shared data set via the secure container upon presentation of a valid secure access token.

20. The machine-useable storage medium as claimed in claim 19 wherein the persistent digital identifier is derived from the vehicle identification number (VIN) associated with the vehicle.