Connected services configurator

• US 10,038,986 B1
• Filed: 10/17/2017
• Issued: 07/31/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: Inciong, Sarah, Biemer, Edward A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhattacharya, Sam
• Application Number:
  US15/785,629
• Time in Patent Office: 287 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141, 455416, 701 296, 701400, 701408, 7014563, 705 1463, 705 35
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

A system may include a telematics device associated with a vehicle, a first computing device associated with a driver of the vehicle, and a server. The server may receive, from the telematics device or another device, driving behavior data, a vehicle location, and a time corresponding to the vehicle location, and parse data regarding a driver'"'"'s calendar in order to identify a scheduled meeting or event and a location and/or time associated therewith. Further, the server may estimate a time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the meeting or event location, determine whether or not the driver will be late to the meeting or event, and take action as appropriate.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a first computing device associated with a driver of a vehicle; and

a server, comprising hardware including a processor and memory, the server configured to;

receive, from the first computing device, a driver location;

parse data regarding a calendar of the driver to identify a scheduled event, an event location, and an event time;

based on the driver location, determine a first estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location;

determine whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is before the event time;

in response to determining that the first estimated time of arrival is before the event time, determine, based on a task list, a task location for performing a task on the task list;

determine, based on the task location and a time it takes to perform the task, a second estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location if the driver performs the task; and

transmit, to the first computing device, a notification indicating the task, the task location, and the second estimated time of arrival.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first computing device is configured to:

determine, based on a driver preference, whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is later than a predetermined period of time after the event time; and

initiate a call to a person associated with the scheduled event if the first estimated time of arrival is later than the predetermined period of time after the event time.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to:

determine, based on a driver preference, whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is later than a predetermined period of time after the event time; and

cause the first computing device to initiate a call to a person associated with the scheduled event if the first estimated time of arrival is later than the predetermined period of time after the event time.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to:

in response to determining that a third estimated time of arrival at a location of a scheduled meeting is after a start time of the scheduled meeting, identify a phone number associated with the scheduled meeting; and

cause the first computing device to initiate a call by dialing the phone number associated with the scheduled meeting.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to:

identify an upcoming meeting; and

notify the driver of a particular time that the driver should depart for the upcoming meeting to make it to the upcoming meeting on time.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to:

determine, at a particular time, that a scheduled meeting between the driver and a plurality of attendees is within a predefined period of time from the particular time;

in response to determining that the scheduled meeting is within the predefined period of time, determine that a third estimated time of arrival at a location of the scheduled meeting is after a start time of the scheduled meeting; and

in response to determining that the third estimated time of arrival is after the start time of the scheduled meeting, cause the first computing device to send a second notification to each of the plurality of attendees, wherein the second notification indicates that the driver will be late to the scheduled meeting.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the second notification comprises the third estimated time of arrival.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the second notification comprises a request from the driver to reschedule the scheduled meeting to a later time.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the server is further configured to:

evaluate the calendar to determine a soonest time at which the driver is available after the third estimated time of arrival,

wherein the second notification comprises a proposal to reschedule the scheduled meeting for the soonest time.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to determine the first estimated time of arrival based on real-time data that is collected by sensors in the vehicle.

11. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to determine the first estimated time of arrival based on information indicating a past route of a past driving trip made by the driver to the event location.

12. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

a network interface configured to communicate, via a network, with a first computing device associated with a driver; and

a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to;

receive, from the first computing device, a vehicle location for a vehicle associated with the driver;

parse data regarding a calendar of the driver to identify a scheduled event, an event location, and an event time;

based on the vehicle location, determine a first estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location;

determine whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is before the event time; and

in response to determining that the first estimated time of arrival is before the event time, determine, based on a task list, a task location for performing a task on the task list;

determine, based on the task location and an estimated time it takes to perform the task, a second estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location if the driver performs the task; and

transmit, to the first computing device, a notification indicating the task, the task location, and the second estimated time of arrival.

13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first computing device is configured to:

determine, based on a driver preference, whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is later than a predetermined period of time after the event time; and

initiate a call to a person associated with the scheduled event if the first estimated time of arrival is later than the predetermined period of time after the event time.

14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to determine a route that directs the vehicle to the task location and then to the event location.

15. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the notification is configured to cause the first computing device to play an audio message.

16. The apparatus of claim 12,

wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to determine a modified route that directs the vehicle to the task location, and

wherein the notification comprises an option for the driver to accept the modified route.

17. An apparatus comprising:

one or more processors;

a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the apparatus to;

determine a vehicle location for a vehicle being driven by a driver;

parse data regarding a calendar of the driver to identify a scheduled event, an event location, and an event time;

determine, based on the vehicle location and the event location, a first estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location;

determine, based on a driver preference, whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is later than a predetermined period of time after the event time; and

initiate, based on a determination that the first estimated time of arrival is later than the predetermined period of time after the event time, a call to a person associated with the scheduled event.

18. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to:

determine a modified route comprising driving directions for directing the vehicle to a task location and then to the event location.

19. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first estimated time of arrival is determined based on:

driving behavior data collected from a telematics device associated with the vehicle, or

task history data indicating a time it takes to perform a task.

20. The apparatus of claim 17, wherein the computer-readable instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the apparatus to:

evaluate the calendar to determine a time at which the driver is available; and

transmit a notification comprising a proposal to reschedule the scheduled event for the time at which the driver is available.