Method and system for performing programmatic actions based upon vehicle approximate locations
First Claim
1. A computerized method where an in-vehicle computing device communicates with at least one computing device outside the vehicle comprising the steps of:
- defining a plurality of geographical boundaries;
conveying an activation context from the at least one remote computing device to an in-vehicle device, wherein the activation context is dependent upon geographical boundaries;
as a vehicle including the in-vehicle device travels, determining the geographical boundary in which the vehicle resides;
the in-vehicle device determining an occurrence of a context event specified by the activation context based in part upon the determined geographical boundary; and
the in-vehicle device performing at least one previously determined programmatic action associated with the context event responsive to the occurrence, wherein different context events are actuated as the vehicle travels based upon vehicle location as defined by the geographical boundaries.
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Abstract
A system for communicating between networked applications and vehicles that includes a vehicle response server and a vehicle response agent. The vehicle response server can manage communications between at least one vehicle and at least one application remotely located from the vehicle, wherein the application can provide activation contexts to the vehicle. The vehicle response agent can be disposed in the vehicle. The vehicle response agent can receive the activation contexts and determine event occurrences based in part upon the activation contexts and in part upon a location of the vehicle relative to previously defined geographical boundaries specified by the vehicle response server.
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20 Claims
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1. A computerized method where an in-vehicle computing device communicates with at least one computing device outside the vehicle comprising the steps of:
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defining a plurality of geographical boundaries;
conveying an activation context from the at least one remote computing device to an in-vehicle device, wherein the activation context is dependent upon geographical boundaries;
as a vehicle including the in-vehicle device travels, determining the geographical boundary in which the vehicle resides;
the in-vehicle device determining an occurrence of a context event specified by the activation context based in part upon the determined geographical boundary; and
the in-vehicle device performing at least one previously determined programmatic action associated with the context event responsive to the occurrence, wherein different context events are actuated as the vehicle travels based upon vehicle location as defined by the geographical boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for communicating between networked applications and vehicles comprising:
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a vehicle response server configured to manage communications between at least one vehicle and at least one application remotely located from the vehicle, wherein the application provides activation contexts to the vehicle; and
a vehicle response agent disposed in the vehicle configured to receive the activation contexts and determine event occurrences based in part upon the activation contexts and in part upon a location of the vehicle relative to previously defined geographical boundaries specified by the vehicle response server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A machine-readable storage having stored thereon, a computer program having a plurality of code sections, said code sections executable by a machine for causing the machine to perform the steps of:
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defining a plurality of geographical boundaries;
conveying an activation context from the at least one remote computing device to an in-vehicle device, wherein the activation context is dependent upon geographical boundaries;
as a vehicle including the in-vehicle device travels, determining the geographical boundary in which the vehicle resides;
the in-vehicle device determining an occurrence of a context event specified by the activation context based in part upon the determined geographical boundary; and
the in-vehicle device performing at least one previously determined programmatic action associated with the context event responsive to the occurrence, wherein different context events are actuated as the vehicle travels based upon vehicle location as defined by the geographical boundaries. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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