Privacy Control-Adjustable ELD Data Sharing System
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional commercial vehicle tracking solutions lack the ability to provide privacy control-adjustable data access and monetization capabilities for third-party corporate partners, leading to concerns about competitive intelligence and trade secret violations, and are unable to dynamically categorize and manage in-vehicle sensor data for external access.
Innovation Solution
A privacy control-adjustable commercial vehicle electronic logging and trip data-sharing system that includes a onboard monitoring device, a computer server, and a software module for managing data access, allowing for mandatory disclosure and privacy-adjustable datasets, with customizable access tiers and time-limited access rights for third-party partners.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional commercial vehicle tracking solutions provide unfettered access to vehicle trip and sensor data for outside entities, then data monetization and external utilization capabilities are improved, but competitive intelligence and trade secret violation risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments vehicle data into multiple classification tiers (public, internal, confidential, private) and implements corresponding access levels for different outside entities. This allows the transportation company to selectively share specific data types with specific partners while protecting sensitive information, thereby enabling data monetization without exposing trade secrets.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a data sharing platform that acts as an intermediary between the transportation company and outside entities. This platform enables controlled data access and monetization transactions while preventing direct unfettered access to raw vehicle data, thus reducing trade secret violation risks while maintaining data utilization capabilities.
2Object-affected harmful factors
If conventional tracking solutions isolate commercial vehicle data within internal corporate systems, then trade secret protection is improved, but data utilization by outside partners and regulators deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides vehicle data into classification tiers with corresponding access levels, allowing regulated outside entities (such as partners and regulators) to access appropriate data types while maintaining trade secret protection for sensitive information.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements dynamic access control where data sharing permissions can be adjusted in real-time based on the specific needs of outside entities, the type of data requested, and the trust level established. This enables flexible data utilization while maintaining security.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If privacy control-adjustable data access is implemented with multiple authorization tiers, then trade secret protection is improved, but system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal data classification framework and access control system that can be applied across different vehicle types, data types, and outside entities. This multi-functional system handles various authorization scenarios through a unified approach, reducing overall system complexity despite the multiple authorization tiers.
4Adaptability or versatility
If dynamic data categorization and management for monetization is implemented, then data monetization capability is improved, but data management complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary automated classification of vehicle data into tiers based on sensitivity and type, and pre-establishes access policies for different outside entities. This preliminary organization simplifies subsequent data management and monetization operations by reducing the complexity of real-time decision-making.
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AI summary
A novel privacy control-adjustable commercial vehicle ELD and trip data-sharing system and a related method of operation provide a dynamically-adjustable access grant or denial of privacy-sensitive and competitive intelligence-sensitive commercial fleet vehicle operations information to a third-party corporate partner entity of a transportation company, based on a trip data-share authorizer's response to an electronic request made by the third-party corporate partner entity. In one embodiment, vehicle information is categorized into a mandatory disclosure dataset and a privacy-adjustable dataset, wherein the mandatory disclosure dataset is disclosed to a vehicle monitoring personnel or an authorized third-party corporate partner entity at all times within a prespecified time limit, while the privacy-adjustable dataset is only selectively accessible when the trip data share authorizer explicitly grants access via an electronic user interface connected to the privacy control-adjustable commercial vehicle ELD and trip data-sharing system, upon entry of a correct or authenticated partner key.