US 12,756,709 B1Granted

Vehicle data communication management based on multi-part network interactions

AssigneeTesla, Inc.

InventorsMing Wood, Harsha Laxman, Robert J. Forloine, Stephen Nees

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Abstract

One or more aspects of the present disclosure relate to the configuration and management of data communications associated with a vehicle. By way of illustrative example, aspects of the present application correspond to management of data communications to obtain data generated or collected by a vehicle (e.g., “vehicle data”), which can include, but is not limited to, logs of information previously collected or generated by sensor and processing components, current vehicle data, or third-party data collected by the vehicle, and the like. In another illustrative examples, aspects of the present application correspond to management of data communications to provide configuration data or executable code to a vehicle, such as diagnostic applications, repair applications, and the like.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A system for providing vehicle data access, the system comprising:

one or more external computing devices comprising a processor and a memory for executing computer-executable instructions that implement a vehicle data service, wherein the vehicle data service is configured to:
obtain, from a technician computing device, a vehicle data access service request via an application programming interface (API), the vehicle data access service request including a pre-authorization token authenticating the technician computing device, wherein the vehicle data access service request is transmitted in response to a received customer request by a technician, and wherein the received customer request includes an identifier of a vehicle associated with a customer;
validate the obtained vehicle data access service request based on the pre-authorization token and the received customer request to ensure an authenticated right, by the technician, to access vehicle data for performing the received customer request;
transmit, to a customer computing device of the customer via the API, an authorization request for vehicle data access corresponding to the validated vehicle data access service request;
receive, from the customer computing device via the API, authorization parameters responsive to the transmitted authorization request, wherein the authorization parameters include one or more vehicle data access parameters comprising a first parameter defining a duration of access, and wherein at least one of the one or more vehicle data access parameters is user defined;
transmit to the technician computing device, a notification responsive to the obtained vehicle data access service request;
establish data communication between the technician computing device and the vehicle associated with the customer computing device, the data communication configured to allow the technician computing device to access the vehicle data;
and
independent to the duration of access, conduct one or more subsequent authentication protocols with the technician computing device.

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A system for providing vehicle data access, the system comprising:

one or more external computing devices comprising a processor and a memory for executing computer-executable instructions to that implement a vehicle data service, wherein the vehicle data service is configured to:
obtain, from a technician computing device, a vehicle data access service request, the vehicle data access service request including an authorization token authenticating the technician computing device, wherein the vehicle data access service request is transmitted in response to a received customer request by a technician, and wherein the received customer request includes an identifier of a vehicle associated with a customer;
validate the obtained vehicle data access service request received from the technician computing device based on the authorization token to ensure an authenticated right, by the technician, to access vehicle data for performing the received customer request;
responsive to validating the obtained vehicle data access service request, transmit, to a customer computing device of the customer, an authorization request for vehicle data access;
receive, from the customer computing device, authorization parameters responsive to the transmitted authorization request, wherein the authorization parameters include one or more vehicle data access parameters comprising a first parameter defining a duration of access, and wherein at least one of the one or more data vehicle access parameters is user defined;
transmit to the technician computing device, a notification responsive to the obtained vehicle data access service request, wherein the notification includes the authorization parameters;
establish data communication between the technician computing device and the vehicle associated with the customer computing device, the data communication configured to allow the technician computing device to access the vehicle data, wherein the vehicle data is collected by the vehicle;
and
independent to the duration of access, conduct one or more subsequent authentication protocols with the technician computing device.

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A method for providing vehicle data access, the method comprising;

obtain, from a technician computing device, a vehicle data access service request, the vehicle data access service request including an authorization token authenticating the technician computing device, wherein the vehicle data access service request is transmitted in response to a received customer request by a technician, and wherein the received customer request includes an identifier of a vehicle associated with a customer;
validating, by a vehicle data access service, the obtained vehicle data access request received from the technician computing device based on the authorization token to ensure an authenticated right, by the technician, to access vehicle data for performing the received customer request;
responsive to validating the obtained vehicle data access service request, transmitting, to a customer computing device of the customer, an authorization request for vehicle data access;
receiving, from the customer computing device, authorization parameters responsive to the transmitted authorization request, wherein the authorization parameters include one or more vehicle data access parameters comprising a first parameter defining a duration of access, and wherein at least one of the one or more vehicle data access parameters is user defined;
transmitting to the technician computing device, a notification responsive to the obtained vehicle data access service request, wherein the notification includes the authorization parameters;
establishing, by the vehicle data access service, data communication between the technician computing device and the vehicle associated with the customer computing device, the data communication configured to allow the technician computing device to access the vehicle data, wherein the vehicle data is collected by the vehicle;
and
independent to the duration of access, conducting one or more subsequent authentication protocols with the technician computing device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/823,920Filed 31 Aug 2022 · us provisional application
Priority: 31 Aug 2021
Granted: 6 Oct 2026
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

H04L 63/10
Network architectures or network communication protocols for network security: for controlling access to devices or network resources
G07C 5/085
Registering performance data: using electronic data carriers
G06F 13/362
For access to common bus or bus system: with centralised access control
G06F 21/62
Protecting data: protecting access to data via a platform, e.g. using keys or access control rules