Patent ID: 7818588
Filing Date: 2010-10-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A system for selectively providing telematics data collected from a plurality of vehicles to application service providers comprising: a data store storing telematics data received from the plurality of vehicles; a data store storing privacy policy information associated with each one of the plurality of vehicles, wherein the privacy policy information specifies privacy policy rules for selectively releasing items of the received telematics data to one or more application service providers; a request processor configured to receive requests for telematics data from the one or more application service providers and provide telematics data to the one or more application service providers; and a privacy manager configured to compare the stored telematics associated with said each one the plurality of vehicles in response to the received requests for telematics data with the stored privacy policy information stored for said each one of said plurality of vehicles, wherein said privacy manager is configured to provide only those items of telematics data to the one or more application service providers as specified by the privacy policy information, according to which an item of telematics data is provided by the privacy manager only if a stored privacy policy rule is satisfied; wherein said privacy manager is further configured to apply at least one conflict-resolution rule for resolving a conflict between two or more privacy policy rules, such that if a first privacy policy rule dictates release of an item of telematics data and a second privacy policy rule dictates not releasing the item of telematics data, then the item of telematics data is provided to the one or more service providers only if the at least one conflict-resolution rule assigns a higher priority to the first privacy policy rule.