{
  "patent_number": "US RE48406",
  "country": "US",
  "title": "How Vehicles Send Data Without Revealing Who Is Driving",
  "original_title": "USRE48406E1 - Vehicle data collection system, vehicle data collection method, vehicle-mounted device, program, and recording medium",
  "summary": "A system that separates a driver's personal identity from vehicle performance data by sending them to a server in separate, disconnected communication sessions.",
  "what_it_does": "This system protects driver privacy by splitting vehicle data into two distinct streams. The first stream contains personal identification information (like a driver ID), while the second stream contains vehicle performance data (like speed or engine status) paired with an anonymous identifier. The system forces these streams into separate network sessions, ensuring the server handles them independently. By disconnecting the session after sending performance data and only sending personal data when necessary, the system prevents the server from easily linking a specific driver to every single moment of vehicle activity.",
  "what_it_does_not_cover": [
    "Does not cover systems that encrypt data within a single session without separating the transmission.",
    "Does not cover methods that use a single, persistent connection to send all data types simultaneously.",
    "Does not cover data collection that does not involve an individual identification component."
  ],
  "filed": "2013-11-12",
  "granted": "2021-01-26",
  "expires": null,
  "status": "active",
  "holder": "Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machinery Systems Co Ltd",
  "holder_url": "https://patentbrief.org/company/mitsubishi-heavy-industries-machinery-systems-co-ltd",
  "inventors": [
    {
      "name": "Yoshihiro Mabuchi",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/yoshihiro-mabuchi"
    },
    {
      "name": "Junichi HYODO",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/junichi-hyodo"
    },
    {
      "name": "Ryota Hiura",
      "url": "https://patentbrief.org/inventor/ryota-hiura"
    }
  ],
  "times_cited": 0,
  "tags": [
    "telecommunications",
    "automotive",
    "software"
  ],
  "abstract": "A vehicle data collection system includes a vehicle-mounted device installed in a vehicle and configured to transmit data related to the vehicle, and a vehicle data collection device configured to collect the data related to the vehicle, wherein the vehicle-mounted device includes a vehicle data transmission unit configured to transmit first vehicle data, which includes information in which an individual related to the vehicle is to be identified, and second vehicle data, which includes information in which the individual related to the vehicle is not to be identified, to the vehicle data collection device in different sessions, the first vehicle data and the second vehicle data are data related to the vehicle.",
  "url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/RE48406/cftr-corrector-compounds",
  "markdown_url": "https://patentbrief.org/patent/us/RE48406/cftr-corrector-compounds/md",
  "google_patents_url": "https://patents.google.com/patent/USRE48406",
  "relatedPatents": []
}