| CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [G07C 5/0841 (2013.01)] | 8 Claims |
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1. A system for addressing queries regarding vehicles without sharing of individually identifiable information regarding individual vehicles, the system comprising:
a plurality of telematic devices, wherein:
each telematic device is installed in and/or integral to a vehicle of a plurality of vehicles, and
each telematics device is configured to:
obtain telematics data relating to the vehicle, the telematics data including individually identifiable information regarding the vehicle, the individually identifiable information including location information regarding the vehicle; and
transmit the telematics data to one or more of a plurality of sources of vehicle information;
the plurality of sources of vehicle information, wherein each source of vehicle information comprises at least one first computing device, the at least one first computing device comprising:
at least one first processor; and
at least one first storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions, that when executed by the at least one first processor, cause the at least one first processor to:
receive the telematics data associated with the source; and
generate first analysis data resulting from performance of one or more first statistical operations on vehicle information regarding the one or more vehicles associated with the source;
a client device configured to generate a first query requesting first information regarding operation of the plurality of vehicles associated with the plurality of sources of vehicle information, the first query including a request for the first information at a particular location; and
at least one second computing device comprising:
at least one second processor; and
at least one second storage medium having encoded thereon executable instructions, that when executed by the at least one second processor, cause the at least one second processor to:
receive, from the client device, the first query;
in response to receiving the first query, communicate communicating, to each source of the plurality of sources of vehicle information, a second query requesting second information regarding the one or more vehicles associated with the source of vehicle information, the second query including the particular location and indicating one or more values of interest for a type of information sought about the one or more vehicles;
receive, from each source of the plurality of sources of vehicle information and responsive to the respective second query, the first analysis data, wherein:
each source of vehicle information is configured to generate, using the particular location in the second query and the location information in the telematics data, the first analysis data, and
receiving the first analysis data comprises receiving, from each source of the plurality of sources of vehicle information, the first analysis data without receiving individually identifiable information regarding the one or more vehicles associated with the source;
generate aggregate vehicle information at least in part by performing one or more second statistical operations on the first analysis data received from each source of the plurality of sources;
generate a response to the first query based on an analysis of the aggregate vehicle information;
output to the client device the response to the first query, the response comprising the requested first information at the particular location; and
perform traffic analysis associated with the particular location based on the response to the first query so that traffic at the particular location may be improved.
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