Method for configuring mobile online services

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11113414-B2
Application number	US-201716074815-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 5, 2017
Priority date	Feb 2, 2016
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A method for configuring mobile online services for use with a transportation vehicle including providing a configuration system which assigns data contents to a data release class, providing a selection possibility for a user by the configuration system by which selection possibility the user allows one or more mobile online services to use the data contents of a data release class, selecting a data release class for the one or more mobile online services, and releasing the data contents of the selected data release class for use by the mobile online service by the configuration system. The method provides for enabling transparent and conveniently usable data protection configuration for the use of mobile online services together with a transportation vehicle which leads to increased trust of customers and potential buyers in the transportation vehicle manufacturer and in the offered mobile online services.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for configuring mobile online services for use with a transportation vehicle, the method comprising:
defining, by a configuration system, at least two data release classes of a plurality of predetermined data release classes, wherein defining includes assigning data contents to at least one of the at least two data release classes different from data contents assigned to another of the at least two data release classes;
enabling a selection input for a user by the configuration system, by which selection input the user respectively authorizes one or more mobile online services to use the data contents of at least one of the plurality of predetermined data release classes to increase transparency in the data to be released via simple instruction to increase the user's trust;
executing selection, responsive to user input via the selection input, of at least one data release class of the plurality of data release classes for the one or more mobile online services; and
responsive to executed selection, releasing the data contents of the selected data release class for use by the respective mobile online service by the configuration system,
wherein the configuration system comprises at least one of a transportation vehicle-internal man-machine interface and a transportation vehicle-external man-machine interface for providing the selection input for the user of the configuration system, by which the user respectively permits the one or more mobile online services to use the data contents of the selected data release class,
wherein the at least one man-machine interface is implemented using at least one hardware processor.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the transportation vehicle-internal man-machine interface is assigned to a transportation vehicle-internal configuration unit, and the transportation vehicle-external man-machine interface is assigned to a transportation vehicle-external configuration unit, wherein the transportation vehicle-internal configuration unit and the transportation vehicle-external configuration unit are connected in a signal-conducting way to a central computer, and wherein the computer also comprises at least one of the following:
updating a configuration profile stored on the central computer in accordance with the configuration settings made by the transportation vehicle-internal configuration unit;
updating a configuration profile stored on the central computer in accordance with the configuration settings made by the transportation vehicle-external configuration unit;
retrieving a configuration profile stored on the central computer by the transportation vehicle-internal configuration unit and/or the transportation vehicle-external configuration unit; and
selecting in each case one data release class for the one or more mobile online services by the configuration system in accordance with the retrieved configuration profile.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data release classes comprise at least one data release class for environmental data contents, wherein the environmental contents are assigned information relating to the external temperature, the precipitation and/or the detected parking spaces.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data release classes comprise at least one data release class for transportation vehicle data contents, wherein the transportation vehicle data contents are assigned information relating to the transportation vehicle type, the transportation vehicle identification number, a pseudonymized transportation vehicle number, the oil level, the engine temperature, the kilometer reading and/or fault reports.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data release classes comprise at least one data release class for data contents which relate to the driving behavior of the user, wherein the data contents which relate to the driving behavior of the user are assigned information relating to the destination, route, telemetry data and/or sensor data.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data release classes comprise at least one data release class for personal data contents, wherein the personal data contents are assigned information relating to the name and/or the address of the user, the destination, the route and/or telemetry data.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of data release classes comprise at least one data release class which is assigned no data contents and/or wherein the plurality of data release classes have a ranking, and a higher-ranking data release class comprises the data contents of the lower-ranking data release classes.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising one, more or all of the following:
displaying the data contents assigned to a data release class, by the transportation vehicle-internal man-machine interface and/or the transportation vehicle-external man-machine interface;
displaying the data release class respectively selected for the one or more mobile online services, by the transportation vehicle-internal man-machine interface and/or the transportation vehicle-external man-machine interface;
displaying the data contents, used by the one or more mobile online services, of a data release class by the transportation vehicle-internal man-machine interface and/or the transportation vehicle-external man-machine interface; and
displaying a configuration overview of all the mobile online services and the data release class selected for the respective mobile online service, by the transportation vehicle-internal man-machine interface and/or the transportation vehicle-external man-machine interface.

9. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration system respectively assigns to the one or more mobile online services for one or more data release classes one or more use functions and/or reception data items used by the user by the mobile online service when the corresponding data release class is selected.

10. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration system respectively assigns to the one or more mobile online services for one or more data release classes one or more transmission data items which are processed and/or passed on by the mobile online service when the corresponding data release class is selected.

11. The method of claim 1 , further comprising at least one of the following:
displaying the one or more use functions and/or reception data items used by the user by the mobile online service when the corresponding data release class is selected; and
displaying the one or more transmission data items which are processed and/or passed on by the mobile online service when the corresponding data release class is selected.

12. The method of claim 1 , wherein the configuration system comprises a configuration assistant which requests the user to answer a plurality of questions, wherein the configuration assistant respectively proposes an assignment of a data release class to the one or more mobile online services based on the responses given by the user.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the configuration assistant has a memory on which a data release class which is to be proposed is stored for one or more mobile online services for each response combination of the user.

14. A configuration system for configuration of mobile online services for use with a transportation vehicle, the configuration system comprising
a transportation vehicle having a transportation vehicle-internal configuration unit, and
a transportation vehicle-external configuration unit,
wherein the configuration system executes a method for configuring mobile

Assignees

• Volkswagen Ag

Inventors

• Hartkopp Oliver
• Oberschachtsiek André
• Decke Hendrik
• Pflug Florian

Classifications

• G06Q30/02 Primary

  Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising · CPC title

• H04W4/42

  for mass transport vehicles, e.g. buses, trains or aircraft · CPC title

• G06F21/6254

  by anonymising data, e.g. decorrelating personal data from the owner's identification · CPC title

• H04W12/02

  Protecting privacy or anonymity, e.g. protecting personally identifiable information [PII] · CPC title

• G06F21/604

  Tools and structures for managing or administering access control systems · CPC title