Abstract: An example computing system may be configured to obtain sensor data associated with the vehicle and determine an estimated energy usage for performing a computation onboard the vehicle using the sensor data. The estimated energy usage is indicative of an estimated amount of energy from one or more batteries of the vehicle for performing the computation using the sensor data. The computing system can determine, based on the estimated energy usage, that performance of the computation using the sensor data is to be offloaded to a remote computing system that is remote from the vehicle. In response to determining that the computation using the sensor data is to be offloaded to the remote computing system, the computing system can generate a sensor data payload indicative of the sensor data and output, over a communication network, the sensor data payload to the remote computing system.

Abstract: A method for storing an identifier on a central computing device involves reading out a first identifier from a control device of a vehicle and transmitting it to a vehicle-internal computing unit for persistent storage. The first identifier is transmitted to the central OEM computing device via a cryptographically secure transmission channel and is transmitted from the central OEM computing device, after receiving a transmission order, via a cryptographically secure transmission channel to a central service provider computing device.

Abstract: At least one vehicle function scheme is individually assigned to at least one vehicle. A vehicle function scheme is digitally recorded and is minted as a non-fungible token (NFT) in a predetermined number in a distributed ledger technology system, which assigns at most one vehicle to an NFT in each case. At least one NFT is selected and purchased for a vehicle. The vehicle function scheme assigned to the selected and purchased NFT is used.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining a starting point between entities. The locations of the entities are determined in a map, a circle enclosing all entities is determined and an optimum position of the starting point is determined iteratively. The starting point initially coincides with a center point of the circle enclosing the entities. To find an optimum position of the starting point for each entity, a route is determined between the respective location and the starting point. In order to shift the position of the starting point, a sum of all of the temporal or physical distances of the routes between entities and the starting point falls below a defined maximum distance, and/or a temporal or physical distance difference between a shortest and a longest route falls below a specified maximum difference.

Abstract: A method for performing a payment process involves receiving registration information from the user and transmitting the registration information to a card network of the payment system. The card network generates a payment token dependent on the at least one registration information and a corresponding cryptogram for the payment token. The payment token is received from the card network and stored. Payment data is generated using at least the payment token and omitting the cryptogram. The payment data is transmitted to a merchant usable to conduct a transaction with the merchant by the electronic computing device of the user.

Abstract: The control device has a UID, which it supplies to the service infrastructure. A vehicle data set, containing the UID, of the vehicle is known and accessible via a backend service of the vehicle manufacturer. A user enters into a service contract for a service with a service provider via a software interface of an application by the backend service. The control device supplies the UID to the service infrastructure as a reference or as a hashID created temporarily by means of a time-based one-time password algorithm. The UID is read out during production of the vehicle via a diagnostic service and is permanently stored in the vehicle data set of the vehicle. The backend service determines the UID of the control device installed in the vehicle, required for entering into the service contract, from the vehicle data set and automatically adopts it.

Abstract: An example computing system may be configured to obtain sensor data associated with the vehicle and determine an estimated energy usage for performing a computation onboard the vehicle using the sensor data. The estimated energy usage is indicative of an estimated amount of energy from one or more batteries of the vehicle for performing the computation using the sensor data. The computing system can determine, based on the estimated energy usage, that performance of the computation using the sensor data is to be offloaded to a remote computing system that is remote from the vehicle. In response to determining that the computation using the sensor data is to be offloaded to the remote computing system, the computing system can generate a sensor data payload indicative of the sensor data and output, over a communication network, the sensor data payload to the remote computing system.

Abstract: A method for determining a starting point between two entities that are configured to determine their location and to communicate using a communication interface. The locations of the entities are determined in map material. A route, composed of at least two route points each connected by a route section, between the two locations of the entities is determined in the map material. In order to iteratively ascertain a position of the starting point on the route, the route sections included in the route are subdivided into route subsections with the result that a section of the route extending from the location of a first entity to the starting point can be covered in the same time and/or has the same length as a section of the route extending from the location of a second entity to the starting point.

Abstract: A method is provided for determining a starting point between entities. The locations of the entities are determined in a map, a circle enclosing all entities is determined and an optimum position of the starting point is determined iteratively. The starting point initially coincides with a center point of the circle enclosing the entities. To find an optimum position of the starting point for each entity, a route is determined between the respective location and the starting point. In order to shift the position of the starting point, a sum of all of the temporal or physical distances of the routes between entities and the starting point falls below a defined maximum distance, and/or a temporal or physical distance difference between a shortest and a longest route falls below a specified maximum difference.

Abstract: A method for performing a payment process involves receiving registration information from the user and transmitting the registration information to a card network of the payment system. The card network generates a payment token dependent on the at least one registration information and a corresponding cryptogram for the payment token. The payment token is received from the card network and stored. Payment data is generated using at least the payment token and omitting the cryptogram. The payment data is transmitted to a merchant usable to conduct a transaction with the merchant by the electronic computing device of the user.

Abstract: A method to initiate payment is provided. The method includes registering a seller with a service provider, registering a customer with the service provider, starting a payment process, reading a biometric identifier of a customer and transmitting the biometric identifier to the service provider, comparing the read biometric identifier with stored biometric data to generate a comparison result and initiating payment with the comparison result and with other stored data.