METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR USER CONFIGURABLE EMBEDDED TELEMATICS SERVICE ARCHITECTURE

• US 20090248237A1
• Filed: 03/31/2008
• Published: 10/01/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Inilex Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Inilex Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Koepf, Gerhard A., Yandroflki, Robert M., Cooper, Jonathan M.
• Application Number:
  US12/059,969
• Publication Number:
  US 20090248237A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/33
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C

Abstract

The present invention provides a configurable embedded telematics system comprising: a server suite providing automotive telematics services to a plurality of authorized service users via a global network, the server suite including a user management utility, an application server, a vehicle interface module server, a telematics database, and a user configuration utility; and a vehicle interface module including an operations controller, an on-board resource and an on-board application comprising an event monitor module, a data logging module, and a user configuration module.

Claims

1. A configurable embedded telematics system comprising:

a server suite providing automotive telematics services to a plurality of authorized service users via a global network, the server suite including a user management utility, an application server, a vehicle interface module server, a telematics database, and a user configuration utility; and

a vehicle interface module including an operations controller, an on-board resource and an on-board application comprising an event monitor module, a data logging module, and a user configuration module.

2. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a communication module configured to control data transport exchange.

3. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises an alert module configured to trigger user alerts.

4. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a location module configured to process and log location data.

5. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises an ignition cycle module configured to process and log an ignition cycle data set.

6. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a power control module.

7. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a user command module.

8. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the server suite further comprises an operation and maintenance entity configured to provide service infrastructure monitoring and maintenance.

9. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 8, wherein the operations and maintenance entity further comprises a vehicle interface module diagnostic service utility.

10. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the user configuration utility comprises a vehicle adaptation utility and the user configuration module comprises a vehicle configuration module.

11. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the user configuration utility comprises a service adaptation utility and the user configuration module comprises a service configuration module.

12. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the user configuration utility comprises a wireless adaptation utility and the user configuration module comprises a wireless configuration module.

13. The configurable embedded telematics system of claim 1, wherein the application server is configured to allow a user to set a notification preference.

14. A configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module comprising:

an operations controller configured to execute a sequence of event driven actions

an on-board application;

comprising an event monitor module, a data logging module, and a user configuration module.

a memory configured to store the on-board application, wherein the on-board application comprises a user configuration module.

15. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a communication module configured to control data transport exchange.

16. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises an alert module configured to trigger user alerts.

17. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a location module configured to process and log location data.

18. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises an ignition cycle module configured to process and log an ignition cycle data set.

19. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a power control module.

20. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the vehicle interface module further comprises a user command module.

21. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the user configuration module comprises a vehicle configuration module.

22. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein user configuration module comprises a service configuration module.

23. The configurable embedded telematics vehicle interface module of claim 14, wherein the user configuration module comprises a wireless configuration module.