Tesla patents system for secure, time-limited vehicle data access

1. A system for providing vehicle data access, the system comprising: one or more external computing devices comprising a processor and a memory for executing computer-executable instructions that implement a vehicle data service, wherein the vehicle data service is configured to: obtain, from a technician computing device, a vehicle data access service request via an application programming interface (API), the vehicle data access service request including a pre-authorization token authenticating the technician computing device, wherein the vehicle data access service request is transmitted in response to a received customer request by a technician, and wherein the received customer request includes an identifier of a vehicle associated with a customer; validate the obtained vehicle data access service request based on the pre-authorization token and the received customer request to ensure an authenticated right, by the technician, to access vehicle data for performing the received customer request; transmit, to a customer computing device of the customer via the API, an authorization request for vehicle data access corresponding to the validated vehicle data access service request; receive, from the customer computing device via the API, authorization parameters responsive to the transmitted authorization request, wherein the authorization parameters include one or more vehicle data access parameters comprising a first parameter defining a duration of access, and wherein at least one of the one or more vehicle data access parameters is user defined; transmit to the technician computing device, a notification responsive to the obtained vehicle data access service request; establish data communication between the technician computing device and the vehicle associated with the customer computing device, the data communication configured to allow the technician computing device to access the vehicle data; and independent to the duration of access, conduct one or more subsequent authentication protocols with the technician computing device.