Privacy-enhanced car data distribution

摘要

In accordance with some embodiments, data may be collected from vehicles, and then reported to various subscribers with different levels of access privileges and pursuant different levels of security. In some embodiments, the data may be authenticated by a cloud service without revealing the identity of vehicle owner. This may provide enhanced privacy. At the same time, some types of the data may be encrypted for security and privacy reasons. Different information may be provided under different circumstances to different subscribers, such as the government, family members, location based services providers, etc.

主权项

1. A computer implemented method comprising:
collecting at a trusted service, from a vehicle, sensor data together with an attestation of the authenticity of the data, which attestation does not reveal the identity of the vehicle owner; identifying data from each of at least two sensors and associating said data with a subscriber of said data; sending sensor data from the vehicle to a server for distribution to subscribers; receiving a first public key from a first subscriber, encrypt different sensor data with said first public key; receiving a second public key from a second subscriber, encrypt different sensor data with said second public key; authenticating the sensor data from said vehicle at the trusted service; reporting the collected and authenticated sensor data from said vehicle without identifying the vehicle owner; sending different encrypted information to two different subscribers depending on a subscriber's authority to receive information granted by an owner of the vehicle; encrypting data sent to the first subscriber using said first key and encrypting data sent to the second subscriber using said second key; and preventing a subscriber from identifying a vehicle owner using privacy preserving public keys to verify data as coming from a pre-defined group of vehicles.