User anonymity through data swapping
AssigneeFord Global Technologies, LLC
InventorsOmar Makke, Oleg Yurievitch Gusikhin, Haysam M. Kadry
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Abstract
A size of collected data to swap is identified, over vehicle-to-vehicle communication between first and second vehicles. A first segment of data of the size stored to the first vehicle is swapped with a second segment of data of the size stored to the second vehicle over the vehicle-to-vehicle communication between the first and second vehicles. The swapped data received from the second vehicle is sent from the first vehicle to a server.
Claims21
A system for providing anonymity for sending data from vehicles to a cloud service by applying data swapping techniques, comprising:
- a processor of a first vehicle programmed to
- record collected data from a plurality of vehicle systems,
- locate a second vehicle, available over vehicle-to-vehicle communication, to swap data with the first vehicle,
- identify a size of collected data to swap and a segment of data to swap of the identified size,
- swap the collected data with the second vehicle to receive swapped data of the same size from the second vehicle, disguising the true origin of the swapped data, and
- send the collected data, including the swapped data, over a communications network to a data collection server.
A method for providing anonymity for sending data from vehicles to a cloud service by applying data swapping techniques, comprising:
- identifying, over vehicle-to-vehicle communication between first and second vehicles, a size of collected data to swap;
- swapping, over the vehicle-to-vehicle communication between the first and second vehicles, a first segment of data of the size stored to the first vehicle with a second segment of data of the size stored to the second vehicle, disguising the true origin of the swapped data;
- and
- sending, from the first vehicle to a server, the collected data including the swapped data received from the second vehicle.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising instructions for providing anonymity for sending data from vehicles to a cloud service by applying data swapping techniques that, when executed by a processor of a vehicle, causes the vehicle to:
- identify, over vehicle-to-vehicle communication between first and second vehicles, a size of collected data to swap;
- swap, over the vehicle-to-vehicle communication between the first and second vehicles, a first segment of data of the size stored to the first vehicle with a second segment of data of the size stored to the second vehicle, disguising the true origin of the swapped data;
- and
- send, from the first vehicle to a server, the collected data including the swapped data received from the second vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.