Patent ID: 8468057

Claim:
A method for managing subscriber vehicle data in a vehicle data management system in a computer, comprising: receiving the vehicle data into the vehicle data management system in the computer; storing the vehicle data in the vehicle data management system in the computer; securing access to data in the vehicle data management system in the computer according to a status based hierarchy by associating specific vehicle data access privileges with individual client statuses, the individual client statuses being selected from the group consisting of subscription service customer, campaign manager, engineer, data analyst, call center advisor, portal administrator, and fleet manager; building, via the vehicle data management system in the computer, a data format template for each client device class associated with the vehicle data management system based on the status based hierarchy, the client device class selected from the group consisting of personal computers, personal digital assistants, cell phones, and vehicle telematics units; receiving a client data request from a client via a requesting device; determining a client identity in the vehicle data management system in the computer based on the client data request, the client identity including a position of the client in the status based hierarchy and a class of the requesting device of the client, wherein the requesting device class is selected from the group consisting of personal computers, personal digital assistants, cell phones, and vehicle telematics units; retrieving targeted vehicle data from a data source in operative communication with the client data management system for responding to the client data request, the retrieved targeted vehicle data being based on the client's individual client status in the status based hierarchy; formatting, via the vehicle data management system in the computer, the retrieved targeted vehicle data according to the data format template that corresponds with the identified client's requesting device class and position in the status based hierarchy; and providing the formatted targeted vehicle data from the vehicle data management system in the computer to the client responsive to the data request.