US 11,700,240 B2
Providing data of a motor vehicle
Stephan Max, Gifhorn (DE); and Markus Stinner, Munich (DE)
Assigned to VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, Wolfsburg (DE); and AUDI AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed by Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft; and Audi AG, Ingolstadt (DE)
Filed on Sep. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/464,224.
Claims priority of application No. 102020122894.5 (DE), filed on Sep. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0070148 A1, Mar. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H04L 9/40 (2022.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2009.01)
CPC H04L 63/0421 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6254 (2013.01); G07C 5/008 (2013.01); H04L 63/0428 (2013.01); H04W 12/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for anonymously providing data of a motor vehicle, comprising:
anonymizing a first dataset of a motor vehicle via a vehicle computing unit;
determining a transmission route comprising at least an entry node and an exit node of a plurality of server nodes of a first server system,
communicating, via the vehicle computing unit, user related data and the anonymized first dataset to the first server system via the entry node of the transmission route;
deleting the communicated user related data via the entry node of the first server system; and
communicating the anonymized first dataset to a second server system via the exit node of the transmission route.