Efficient event-triggered reporting system
First Claim
1. A method of communicating event-triggered information, the method comprising:
- monitoring for events with one or more sensors on a vehicle;
generating an event-triggered report when a predefined event condition is monitored;
storing the event-triggered report in a buffer of the vehicle;
generating a summary indicator signal comprising a summary of event-triggered reports currently stored in the buffer, the summary indicator signal indicating at least the number and types of event-triggered reports that are then currently stored in the buffer;
transmitting the summary indicator signal from the vehicle to a base station;
receiving a request signal from the base station requesting only select needed event-triggered reports stored in the buffer of the vehicle based on the summary indicator signal; and
in response to the request signal, transmitting only the requested select event-triggered reports stored in the buffer of the vehicle to the base station.
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Abstract
A method of reporting events is provided. The method includes setting at least one defined threshold that warrants an event-generated report associated with sensor data from at least one sensor. An associated event-generated report is generated upon detection of sensor data from the at least one sensor reaching the at least one defined threshold. The event-generated report is stored in a buffer. A summary indicator signal is generated upon detection of a predetermined summary signal condition. The method further includes transmitting the summary indicator signal to a remote location. The summary indicator signal includes information indicating at least the number and types of event-triggered reports that are then currently stored in the buffer. Upon receiving a remote request in response to the summary indicator signal, the method further includes transmitting only those event-triggered reports stored in the buffer requested in the remote request.
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1. A method of communicating event-triggered information, the method comprising:
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monitoring for events with one or more sensors on a vehicle; generating an event-triggered report when a predefined event condition is monitored; storing the event-triggered report in a buffer of the vehicle; generating a summary indicator signal comprising a summary of event-triggered reports currently stored in the buffer, the summary indicator signal indicating at least the number and types of event-triggered reports that are then currently stored in the buffer; transmitting the summary indicator signal from the vehicle to a base station; receiving a request signal from the base station requesting only select needed event-triggered reports stored in the buffer of the vehicle based on the summary indicator signal; and in response to the request signal, transmitting only the requested select event-triggered reports stored in the buffer of the vehicle to the base station. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of reporting events, the method comprising:
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setting at least one defined threshold that warrants an event-triggered report associated with sensor data from at least one sensor; monitoring the sensor data from the at least one sensor; upon detection of sensor data from the at least one sensor reaching the at least one defined threshold, generating an associated event-triggered report; storing the event-triggered report in a buffer; generating a summary indicator signal upon detection of a predetermined summary signal condition, the summary indicator signal summarizing stored event-triggered reports in the buffer and including information indicating at least the number and types of event-triggered reports that are then currently stored in the buffer; transmitting the summary indicator signal to a remote location; and upon receiving a remote request from the remote location requesting only select needed event-triggered reports based on the summary indicator signal, transmitting only the requested select event-triggered reports stored in the buffer to the remote location. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An event-triggered vehicle reporting system comprising:
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a memory for storing at least operating instructions, the memory including a buffer; at least one sensor; a communication system; and a controller in communication with the at least one sensor, buffer and communication system, the controller configured to execute the operating instructions to; generate event-triggered reports based on sensed data from the at least one sensors; store each generated event-triggered report in the buffer of the memory; generate a summary indicator signal that includes a summary of event-triggered reports currently stored in the buffer, the summary indicator signal including at least the number and types of event-triggered reports that are then currently stored in the buffer based at least in part on a predefined summary signal condition; and cause the communication system to transmit the summary indicator signal to a remote location; receive a request signal from the remote location requesting only select needed event-triggered reports stored in the buffer of the vehicle based on the summary indicator signal; and in response to the request signal, transmit only the requested select event-triggered reports stored in the buffer of the vehicle to the base station. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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