Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Commercializing user patterns via blockchain
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Application No.: US16258476Application Date: 2019-01-25
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Publication No.: US11238478B2Publication Date: 2022-02-01
- Inventor: Michael C. Edwards , David M. Goemer , Hazem Ahmed
- Applicant: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US TX Plano
- Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Toyota Motor North America, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Plano
- Agency: Snell & Wilmer LLP
- Main IPC: G06Q30/00
- IPC: G06Q30/00 ; G06Q30/02 ; H04L9/06 ; H04L9/32 ; G07C5/08

Abstract:
Methods and systems for commercializing vehicle data. The method includes writing, by an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle, to a distributed ledger, vehicle data. The method also includes providing, by a computing device associated with a third party, a communication to the vehicle based on the vehicle data on the distributed ledger. The method also includes writing, by a processor of the computing device associated with the third party, to the distributed ledger, a record of providing the communication to the vehicle. The method also includes receiving, by the ECU of the vehicle, the communication.
Public/Granted literature
- US20200242646A1 COMMERCIALIZING USER PATTERNS VIA BLOCKCHAIN Public/Granted day:2020-07-30
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