DEVICE, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR COLLECTING USER-BASED INSURANCE DATA IN VEHICLES

• US 20170200324A1
• Filed: 01/11/2016
• Published: 07/13/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/11/2016
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Malikie Innovations Limited (Key Patent Innovations Limited)
• Original Assignee: Blackberry Limited
• Inventors: CHENNAKESHU, Sandeep
• Application Number:
  US14/992,805
• Publication Number:
  US 20170200324A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/4282 on a serial bus, e.g. I2C bus, SPI bus on daisy chain buses G06F13/4247
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40104 Security; Encryption; Content protection cryptographic protocols H04L9/00; protocols for network security H04L63/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0442 wherein the sending and receiving network entities apply asymmetric encryption, i.e. different keys for encryption and decryption cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for public-key encryption H04L9/30
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/062 for key distribution, e.g. centrally by trusted party cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key distribution involving a central third party H04L9/0819
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/3066 involving algebraic varieties, e.g. elliptic or hyper-elliptic curves

Abstract

A device, method and system for collecting user-based insurance data in vehicles is provided, including a device comprising: a processor, a memory storing a plurality of driver-associated encryption keys and a communication interface configured to communicate with a vehicle diagnostic monitor and a remote server, the processor configured to: determine a current driver of the vehicle; select a current encryption key from the plurality of the driver-associated encryption keys based on the current driver; collect, using the communication interface, vehicle data from the vehicle diagnostic monitor; encrypt the vehicle data using the current encryption key to produce encrypted vehicle data; and, transmit, using the communication interface, the encrypted vehicle data to the remote server.

Claims

1. A device comprising:

a processor, a memory storing a plurality of driver-associated encryption keys and a communication interface configured to communicate with a vehicle diagnostic monitor and a remote server, the processor configured to;

determine a current driver of the vehicle;

select a current encryption key from the plurality of the driver-associated encryption keys based on the current driver;

collect, using the communication interface, vehicle data from the vehicle diagnostic monitor;

encrypt the vehicle data using the current encryption key to produce encrypted vehicle data; and

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transmit, using the communication interface, the encrypted vehicle data to the remote server.

2. The device of claim 1, further comprising a removable dongle configured to removably connect to a communication bus.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein the communication interface comprises one or more of:

an OBD (on-board diagnostics) connector, an OBD-II connector, a USB (universal serial bus) connector, an Ethernet bus connector, and a CAN (controller area network) Bus connector.

4. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the driver-associated encryption keys comprises a respective private encryption key.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the driver-associated encryption keys comprises an ECC (elliptical curve cryptography) key.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the current driver of the vehicle by receiving log-in data from an input device of one or more of the vehicle, a mobile device, and the device.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to determine the current driver of the vehicle by receiving driver identification data from an input device of one or more of the vehicle, a mobile device, and the device.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to combine the vehicle data with user data prior to encrypting the vehicle data.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to place the device in a read-only mode when the communication interface is connected to the vehicle diagnostic monitor.

10. A method comprising:

at a device comprising;

a processor, a memory storing a plurality of driver-associated encryption keys and a communication interface configured to communicate with a vehicle diagnostic monitor and a remote server;

determining, at the processor, a current driver of the vehicle;

selecting, at the processor, a current encryption key from the plurality of the driver-associated encryption keys based on the current driver;

collecting, at the processor, using the communication interface, vehicle data from the vehicle diagnostic monitor;

encrypting, at the processor, the vehicle data using the current encryption key to produce encrypted vehicle data; and

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transmitting, at the processor, using the communication interface, the encrypted vehicle data to the second device.

11. The method of claim 11, wherein the communication interface comprises one or more of:

an OBD (on-board diagnostics) connector, an OBD-II (on-board diagnostics) connector, a USB (universal serial bus) connector, an Ethernet bus connector, and a CAN (controller area network) Bus connector.

12. The method of claim 11, wherein each of the driver-associated encryption keys comprises a respective public encryption key.

13. The method of claim 11, wherein each of the driver-associated encryption keys comprises an ECC (elliptical curve cryptography) key.

14. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the current driver of the vehicle by receiving log-in data from an input device of one or more of the vehicle, a mobile device, and the device.

15. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the current driver of the vehicle by comparing the vehicle data with stored vehicle data associated with the current driver.

16. The method of claim 11, further comprising determining the current driver of the vehicle by receiving driver identification data from an input device of one or more of the vehicle, a mobile device, and the device.

17. The method of claim 11, further comprising combining the vehicle data with user data received from a mobile device prior to encrypting the vehicle data.

18. The method of claim 11, further comprising placing the device in a read-only mode when the communication interface is connected to the vehicle diagnostic monitor.

19. A non-volatile computer-readable medium storing a computer program, wherein execution of the computer program is for:

at a device comprising;

a processor, a memory storing a plurality of driver-associated encryption keys and a communication interface configured to communicate with a vehicle diagnostic monitor and a remote server;

determining, at the processor, a current driver of the vehicle;

selecting, at the processor, a current encryption key from the plurality of the driver-associated encryption keys based on the current driver;

collecting, at the processor, using the communication interface, vehicle data from the vehicle diagnostic monitor;

encrypting, at the processor, the vehicle data using the current encryption key to produce encrypted vehicle data; and

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transmitting, at the processor, using the communication interface, the encrypted vehicle data to the second device.