Vehicle Data Re-Consent Workflow With Owner Verification

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing systems face challenges in managing personal information collected from vehicles, particularly when the vehicle owner changes, leading to potential privacy issues and the need for re-consent due to altered data usage conditions.

Innovation Solution

An information processing device that acquires initial consent from a vehicle user via an in-vehicle device and requests re-consent if the vehicle owner has not changed, using a control unit to identify the current owner and ensure proper consent is obtained before data use is altered.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Reliability

If re-consent is requested from all users when data usage conditions change, then privacy protection is improved, but system complexity increases due to owner verification requirements

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprivacy protectionVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The system performs preliminary verification of vehicle owner status before initiating re-consent requests. By checking whether the current user is the registered owner in advance, the system avoids unnecessary re-consent workflows for owner users, thereby reducing system complexity while maintaining privacy protection for non-owner users.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

2Reliability

If re-consent requests are issued to in-vehicle devices, then consent management is improved, but data communication requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveconsent managementVSAvoiddata communication
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The server performs preliminary filtering of re-consent requests based on user identity verification. Only non-owner users receive re-consent requests, while owner users are automatically excluded from this communication flow. This reduces the quantity of data communication required for consent management.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Productivity

If owner verification is performed before re-consent requests, then processing efficiency is improved, but additional verification steps increase operation complexity

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveprocessing efficiencyVSAvoidoperation complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ProductivityVSEase of operation

Solution Approach 1:

The system leverages the existing vehicle owner information stored in the server database to automatically verify user status. The server itself performs the verification function using pre-stored data, eliminating the need for additional manual verification steps or external authentication mechanisms, thus maintaining ease of operation while improving processing efficiency.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #25Self-service

Data Source

PatentUS12608506B2Information processing device
Publication Date: 2026.04.21 TOYOTA JIDOSHA KK
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AI summary

An information processing device acquires consent to collection of first data from a first vehicle from a first user via an in-vehicle device provided in the first vehicle at a first timing, and when re-consent from the first user is required to use of the first data collected from the first vehicle, issues a re-consent request to the in-vehicle device on condition that an owner of the first vehicle has not changed since the first timing.