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Roadside service estimates based on wireless vehicle data

  • US 10,423,971 B2
  • Filed: 05/19/2016
  • Issued: 09/24/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/19/2016
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method comprising:

  • building, by a first Dedicated Short Range Communication (DSRC)-equipped vehicle, path history data, wherein the path history data includes global positioning system (GPS) data that is provided by a DSRC-compliant GPS unit, and the GPS data describes the first DSRC-equipped vehicle in a queue of a drive-through business that provides a roadside service based on the GPS data describing a location of the first DSRC-equipped vehicle;

    receiving, by a second DSRC-equipped vehicle, a DSRC message that includes the path history data;

    determining, by the second DSRC-equipped vehicle, delay time data based on the path history data included in the DSRC message, wherein the delay time data describes an estimate of how long it would take the second DSRC-equipped vehicle to receive the roadside service from the drive-through business;

    providing, by the second DSRC-equipped vehicle, a user interface that describes a set of drive-through businesses, the set of drive-through businesses including the drive-through business and a recommendation that describes the estimate of how long it would take the second DSRC-equipped vehicle to receive the roadside service from each business in the set of drive-through businesses;

    receiving a selection of the roadside service from the drive-through business; and

    responsive to receiving the selection of the roadside service, updating the user interface to provide navigation instructions to the roadside service for the drive-through business.

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