Systems and methods for using mobile devices to control on-board devices of vehicles

• US 10,279,762 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2018
• Issued: 05/07/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Beijing Didi Infinity Technology And Development Co.Ltd.
• Inventors: Meng, Yang, Wang, Zhenghong, Li, Yuqing, Sun, Hongjing
• Primary Examiner(s): Goldman, Richard A
• Application Number:
  US15/884,338
• Publication Number:
  US 20180162301A1
• Time in Patent Office: 462 Days
• Field of Search: 701 2, 701 36, 701 49, 340 572, 705 5, 705 13
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/0237 circuits concerning the atmospheric environment meteorology G01W
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 16/037 for occupant comfort , e.g. for automatic adjustment of appliances according to personal settings, e.g. seats, mirrors, steering wheel
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2325/205 Mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/13 Receivers
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/40 Business processes related to the transportation industry shipping G06Q10/083
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 2009/00769 with data transmission performed by wireless means
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00309 operated with bidirectional data transmission between data carrier and locks
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 9/00571 operated by interacting with a central unit
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• 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

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an electronic device configured to send a service request of a service to a remote server; receive an authority from the remote server; and control, according to the authority, an on-board device mounted on a target vehicle that is assigned by the remote server to provide the service to a user associated with the electronic device.

Claims

1. A mobile device for controlling an on-board device of a target vehicle, the mobile device comprising:

at least one storage medium including a set of instructions for controlling an on-board device of a target vehicle;

at least one network interface to communicate with a remote server via a network; and

logic circuits coupled to the at least one network interface, wherein during operation, the logic circuits communicate with the at least one storage medium and execute the set of instructions to;

send, via the at least one network interface, signals including a service request of an online on-demand transportation service to the remote server;

receive, via the at least one network interface from the remote server, signals including an authority to control the on-board device mounted on the target vehicle operated by a third-party driver; and

control, according to the authority, the on-board device mounted on the target vehicle that is assigned by the remote server to provide the online on-demand transportation service to a user associated with the mobile device.

2. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the online on-demand transportation service is a driving service, and

the logic circuits further execute the set of instructions to:

directly instruct the on-board device to perform a predetermined operation according to the authority.

3. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the logic circuits further execute the set of instructions to:

send electronic signals including an instruction to the remote server according to the authority, wherein the instruction is configured to direct the remote server to control the on-board device to perform a predetermined operation according to the instruction.

4. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the service is an online transportation service provided by the target vehicle;

and

the user is a passenger of the target vehicle.

5. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the logic circuits further execute the set of instructions to to receive signals including a confirmation, from the remote server, confirming that the target vehicle has accepted the service request from the user.

6. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the authority is configured to assign the electronic mobile device with a higher control priority over a default controller of the on-board device.

7. The mobile device according to claim 1, wherein the on-board device comprises at least one of an air conditioner, a multimedia device, a lighting system, a window control system, or a seat control system.