Method and system for aggregating users' consent

Abstract

A method and a system for aggregating users' consents for use of automotive data by data services are provided herein. The method may include the following steps: obtaining, from a plurality of data sources, a plurality of automotive data records associated with connected vehicles having respective users; determining for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require consent; aggregating consent data for each data records, responsive to an indication that the respective user have been authenticated by the data sources; and providing the data services with access to automotive data based on the aggregated consent data. The system may implement the aforementioned steps in a form of a server on a computer network.

1 . A method of aggregating users' consents for use of automotive data by data services, the method comprising:
 obtaining, from a plurality of data sources, a plurality of automotive data records associated with connected vehicles having respective users;   determining’ for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require user consent;   aggregating consent data for each data records, responsive to an indication that the respective user have been authenticated by the data sources; and   providing the data services with access to automotive data based on the aggregated users consent data.   
     
     
         2 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said indication that the respective user has been authenticated by the data source is achieved by establishing an authentication session between one of the users and a respective data source. 
     
     
         3 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said determining for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require consent is carried out using data bundles associating data consumption use cases and respective data records and data sources. 
     
     
         4 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein said automotive data records are normalized and anonymized. 
     
     
         5 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the aggregating consent data indicates for which of the obtained automotive data records, a respective user consent has been given, and for each of the data services. 
     
     
         6 . The method according to  claim 1 , wherein the aggregating consent data comprises a plurality of access tokens provided by the data sources and authorizing access to data for which respective users have been authenticated. 
     
     
         7 . A server for aggregating users' consents for use of automotive data by data services, the server comprising:
 a records processing module configured to obtain, from a plurality of data sources, a plurality of automotive data records associated with connected vehicles having respective users;   a requests manager configured to determine for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require user consent; and   a users' consent aggregator configured to aggregate consent data for each data records, responsive to an indication that the respective user has been authenticated by the data sources,   wherein the requests manager is configured to provide the data services with access to automotive data based on the aggregated users consent data.   
     
     
         8 . The server according to  claim 7 , wherein said indication that the respective user has been authenticated by the data source is achieved by establishing an authentication session between one of the users and a respective data source. 
     
     
         9 . The server according to  claim 7 , wherein said determining for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require consent is carried out using data bundles associating data consumption use cases and respective data records and data sources. 
     
     
         10 . The server according to  claim 7 , wherein said automotive data records are normalized and anonymized. 
     
     
         11 . The server according to  claim 7 , wherein the aggregating consent data indicates for which of the obtained automotive data records, a respective user consent has been given, and for each of the data services. 
     
     
         12 . The server according to  claim 7 , wherein the aggregating consent data comprises a plurality of access tokens provided by the data sources and authorizing access to data for which respective users have been authenticated. 
     
     
         13 . A non-transitory computer readable medium for aggregating users' consents for use of automotive data by data services, the computer readable medium comprising a set of instructions that, when executed, cause at least one computer processor to:
 obtain, from a plurality of data sources, a plurality of automotive data records associated with connected vehicles having respective users;   determine for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require user consent;   aggregate user consent data for each data records, responsive to an indication that the respective user have been authenticated by the data sources; and   provide the data services with access to automotive data based on the aggregated users consent data.   
     
     
         14 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein said indication that the respective user has been authenticated by the data source is achieved by establishing an authentication session between one of the users and a respective data source. 
     
     
         15 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein said determining for each request for automotive data made by said data services, which of the data records require consent is carried out using data bundles associating data consumption use cases and respective data records and data sources. 
     
     
         16 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein said automotive data records are normalized and anonymized. 
     
     
         17 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein the aggregating consent data indicates for which of the obtained automotive data records, a respective user consent has been given, and for each of the data services. 
     
     
         18 . The non-transitory computer readable medium according to  claim 13 , wherein the aggregating consent data comprises a plurality of access tokens provided by the data sources and authorizing access to data for which respective users have been authenticated.