Patent ID: 11889299
Assignee: AUDI AG
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. A method for a provision of data from a first vehicle to a vehicle-external server device, the method comprising:
randomly selecting a recipient vehicle from one or more recipient vehicles;
transmitting the data from a first vehicle to the vehicle-external server device by one or more successive hops facilitated by one or more recipient vehicles, wherein the one or more recipient vehicles are in an operating state, and wherein the operating state includes a driving operation or a stationary operation;
transmitting to the recipient vehicle, a count value and a limit value wherein the count value describes a current number of hops and the limit value determines a maximum number of hops for transmitting the data;
incrementing the count value by one with each successive hop;
transmitting the data to the vehicle-external server device when the count value equals the limit value;
transmitting an authentication feature of the first vehicle or a first recipient vehicle to a second recipient vehicle or to the vehicle-external server device;
transmitting data to the second recipient vehicle or the vehicle-external server device, in response to verifying a match of the authentication feature with a listed authentication feature of a plurality of authentication features, by the second recipient vehicle or the vehicle-external server device; and
deleting sender information of the first vehicle and the recipient vehicle from the data to anonymously transmit the data to the vehicle-external server device via a recipient vehicle.