Pseudonymous Vehicle Prognostics via Intermediary Identifier Mapping
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing vehicle data management systems rely on unique identifiers like VINs, which compromise privacy and limit flexibility in data processing and vehicle action implementation.
Innovation Solution
The system employs pseudonymous identifiers generated by vehicles and managed by a network service, allowing for anonymous data transmission and processing without associating vehicle data with personal or unique identifiers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If unique identifiers like VINs are used to manage vehicle data, then vehicle data can be accurately associated with specific vehicles and owners, but privacy is compromised and flexibility in data processing is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces pseudonymous identifiers as an intermediary between unique vehicle identifiers (VINs) and actual vehicle data. These pseudonyms act as mediators that allow data to be associated with vehicles without exposing personal identifying information. The system maintains a mapping between pseudonyms and VINs controlled by the service provider, enabling accurate data association while protecting owner privacy through this intermediary layer.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates pseudonymous copies of vehicle identifiers that functionally replace unique identifiers like VINs in data processing. Instead of using the actual unique identifier directly, the system uses a pseudonymous copy that preserves the ability to associate data with specific vehicles while eliminating the privacy risks associated with exposing real identifiers. These pseudonym copies can be freely used in data sets without compromising owner identity.
2Reliability
If unique identifiers are used in vehicle data management, then vehicle ownership and identity can be tracked, but data processing flexibility and decentralized action implementation are reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements dynamic identifier management where pseudonymous identifiers can be created, modified, and revoked by the service provider without affecting the underlying vehicle data. The system allows identifiers to change over time - vehicles can be assigned different pseudonyms for different data sets or time periods, enabling flexible data processing while maintaining reliable vehicle identity tracking through the service provider's controlled mapping system.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the identifier system into two distinct layers: pseudonymous identifiers that vehicles and data processing systems interact with, and unique identifiers (VINs) that the service provider maintains in a controlled mapping. This segmentation allows the public-facing identifier layer to be highly flexible and adaptable while the backend maintains reliable vehicle identity tracking through the separate unique identifier layer.
3Reliability
If centralized identifier management is used, then vehicle data can be accurately associated with owners, but system complexity and communication overhead increase
Solution Approach 1:
The pseudonymous identifier acts as an intermediary that simplifies the system architecture by eliminating the need for vehicles and data processing systems to directly handle complex unique identifiers and owner information. The intermediary pseudonym layer absorbs the complexity of identifier management, allowing the rest of the system to work with simple, opaque identifiers while the service provider's mapping system handles the complex association logic centrally.
Data Source
AI summary
The present disclosure related to a vehicle prognostication with a management of data communications between individual vehicles and a network service. The network service can facilitate the management of data communications between a selected vehicle and remote service utilizing pseudonymous identifiers. Illustratively, a pseudonymous identifier can correspond to at least a semi-unique identifier generated by a vehicle or configure on a vehicle. The generation/configuration of the pseudonymous is implemented in a manner that the network service does not associate any additional identifiers, such as VINs, associated with the vehicle, vehicle owner, vehicle user, etc. A network service can receive the vehicle data with a pseudonymous and perform the prognostication of the vehicle. The network service can post vehicle prognostication with directives associated with the pseudonymous identifiers. The vehicle can identify one or more directives by matching the pseudonymous identifiers with the vehicle's pseudonymous identifier.