US 12,444,240 B2
Vehicle data acquisition and access system and method
Richard H. Hutchins, South San Fancisco, CA (US); and Timothy F. Reid, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to ARCHIVE AUTO, INC, South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by ARCHIVE AUTO, INC., South San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Mar. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/200,818.
Application 17/200,818 is a continuation of application No. 16/655,710, filed on Oct. 17, 2019, granted, now 10,950,067.
Application 16/655,710 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2019/012948, filed on Jan. 9, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/746,699, filed on Oct. 17, 2018.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/615,095, filed on Jan. 9, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0272388 A1, Sep. 2, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC G07C 5/008 (2013.01) [G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G07C 5/0858 (2013.01); H04L 9/3239 (2013.01); G07C 2205/02 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system of facilitating access to vehicle data, comprising:
a cloud storage system configured to store at least the vehicle data; and
a vehicle analysis computing module in operative communication with a vehicle electronic control unit and the cloud storage system, the vehicle analysis computing module configured to automatically and securely transmit the vehicle data only to the cloud storage system via a closed encrypted wireless communication channel, not permitting wireless access to the vehicle data by computing devices other than the cloud storage system, to restrict functionality to the cloud storage system and the vehicle analysis computing module, wherein the vehicle analysis computing module facilitates restricted read-only access to the vehicle data at the vehicle analysis computing module.