US 11,934,557 B1
Data privacy and security in vehicles
Andrea Amico, Marietta, GA (US)
Assigned to Privacy4Cars, Inc., Kennesaw, GA (US)
Filed by PRIVACY4CARS, Inc., Marietta, GA (US)
Filed on Oct. 17, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/967,349.
Application 17/967,349 is a continuation of application No. 17/829,675, filed on Jun. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,494,514.
Application 17/829,675 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/500,002, filed on Oct. 13, 2021, granted, now 11,651,105.
Application 17/500,002 is a continuation of application No. 16/279,389, filed on Feb. 19, 2019, granted, now 11,157,648, issued on Oct. 26, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/632,707, filed on Feb. 20, 2018.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 21/62 (2013.01); G06F 16/245 (2019.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01)
CPC G06F 21/6245 (2013.01) [G06F 16/245 (2019.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01); G06F 2221/2143 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
obtaining, by a user computing device, an input associated with a target vehicle comprising at least one actual in-vehicle device from which privacy information is to be removed;
obtaining, by the user computing device, vehicle parameters associated with the target vehicle based at least in part on the input associated with the target vehicle;
obtaining, by the user computing device, a privacy information removal file comprising data associated with a set of candidate in-vehicle devices based at least in part on a plurality of vehicle parameters of the target vehicle, wherein the data associated with the set of candidate in-vehicle devices comprises an instruction set associated with removing privacy information from the at least one actual in-vehicle device;
presenting, by the user computing device, the instruction set associated with removing privacy information from the at least one actual in-vehicle device; and
obtaining, by the user computing device, a confirmation of an action relating to the removal of privacy information from the at least one actual in-vehicle device.