Dynamic data broker services

A method of providing dynamic data broker services, comprising:

• collecting data with onboard sensors within a plurality of participant vehicles;
• receiving, from the plurality of participant vehicles, via a wireless communication network, the data collected by the plurality of participant vehicles and storing the data received from the plurality of participant vehicles within a database of a dynamic data broker system;
• receiving, from at least one user, via an application program interface, at least one request for data;
• consolidating and prioritizing the at least one request for data with a supervisory engine;
• receiving data, from a plurality of external sources, via the wireless communication network;
• combining, with a data engine, the data received from the plurality of external sources with the data received from the plurality of participant vehicles;
• identifying data that is relevant to the at least one request within the data stored within the database of the dynamic data broker system;
• tailoring a response to the at least one request for data based on privacy considerations, spatial considerations and temporal considerations;
• and
• sending the response to the at least one user.

A system for providing dynamic data broker services, comprising:

• a plurality of participant vehicle having onboard sensors adapted to collect data and send such data to the system via a wireless communication network;
• a database adapted to store the data received from the plurality of participant vehicles;
• an application program interface adapted to receive at least one request for data from at least one user;
• a supervisory engine adapted to consolidate and prioritize the at least one request for data, and to identify a need for more data of a certain type, and send, via the wireless communication network, feedback to the plurality of participant vehicles, and prompt the plurality of participant vehicles to collect more data of the certain type;
• a compute engine that is adapted to apply functions that can be applied to the at least one request, wherein such functions may be pulled from a library stored within the system and may be identified within the at least one request;
• a data engine adapted to receive data from a plurality of external sources via the wireless communication network, and to combine, the data received from the plurality of external sources with the data received from the plurality of participant vehicles;
• the system further adapted to identify data that is relevant to the at least one request;
• a policy database adapted to store privacy laws and policies therein;
• a privacy engine adapted to:
• process the at least one request to identify limitations on data that may be provided to the at least one user based on the privacy laws and policies stored within the policy database that are applicable to the at least one request, and to modify and filter the identified data that is relevant to the at least one request based on the identified limitations;
• and
• identify limitations on data that may be collected based on privacy laws and policies stored within the policy database, and to send, via the wireless communication network, feedback to the plurality of participant vehicles, and prompt the plurality of participant vehicles to collect and send data in compliance with identified limitations;
• a spatial engine adapted to identify distance and location-based aspects of the at least one request, and to modify and filter the identified data that is relevant to the at least one request based on the identified distance and location-based aspects of the at least one request;
• a temporal engine adapted to identify time and frequency-based aspects of the at least one request, and to modify and filter the identified data that is relevant to the at least one request based on the identified time and frequency-based aspects of the at least one request;
• and
• the system further adapted to tailor a response to the at least one request for data and send the response to the at least one user.