COMMUNICATION SYSTEM INCLUDING TELEMETRIC DEVICE FOR A VEHICLE CONNECTED TO A CLOUD SERVICE

• US 20110234427A1
• Filed: 03/23/2011
• Published: 09/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/23/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Mavizon, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Samtecx Incorporated
• Inventors: INGRAM, Marc, EE, Wooyong
• Granted Patent: US 8,624,758 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/995.1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/244 Grouping and aggregation
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/24575 using context
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/285 Clustering or classification
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9535 Search customisation based on user profiles and personalisation
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/024 Guidance services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A telemetric device for a vehicle includes a location determining device arranged to determine the vehicle'"'"'s location and a transmitting device arranged to continuously or nearly continuously transmit location data concerning the vehicle in real-time or near real-time. The transmission of the location data is not based on a condition of the vehicle and is without prompting by a user.

Claims

1. A telemetric device for a vehicle comprising:

a location determining device arranged to determine a location of the vehicle; and

a transmitting device arranged to continuously or nearly continuously transmit location data concerning the vehicle in real-time or near real-time;

wherein

the transmission of the location data is not based on a condition of the vehicle and is without prompting by a user.

2. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein the telemetric device is arranged to communicate with a wireless device.

3. A telemetric device according to claim 2, wherein the wireless device is one of a cell phone and a tablet computer.

4. A telemetric device according to claim 2, wherein the telemetric device directly communicates with the wireless device.

5. A telemetric device according to claim 2, wherein the telemetric device communicates with the wireless device via a cellular network and the internet.

6. A telemetric device according to claim 1, further comprising a display device.

7. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein the location determining device is a GPS device.

8. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting device communicates through a cellular network interface.

9. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein the telemetric device is connected to the diagnostic system of the vehicle.

10. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of data transmitted by the transmitting device is encrypted.

11. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein the transmitting device is arranged to transmit data when the vehicle is turned off.

12. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein data transmitted by the transmitting device is transmitted with a transmission frequency between about 10 times a second and about once every 4 minutes.

13. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein data transmitted by the transmitting device is transmitted with a variable transmission frequency.

14. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein data transmitted by the transmitting device is transmitted with a transmission frequency that is changed based on data volume limitations of a network to which the telemetric device is connected.

15. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein data transmitted by the transmitting device includes data indicating the condition of the vehicle.

16. A telemetric device according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle is one of a car, a truck, a train, a plane, a motorcycle, a bus, a recreational vehicle, and a boat.

17. A telemetric device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one cellular network interface, a TCP/IP interface, VOIP interface, and an interface that uses one or more of OBD, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, and RF.

18. A communication system comprising:

a telemetric device according to claim 1 connected to a vehicle; and

a cloud service connected to the telemetric device via the internet.

19. A communication system according to claim 18, wherein the telemetric device and the cloud service are also connected via a public switched telephone network.

20. A communication system according to claim 18, wherein the telemetric device is connected to a media content provider via the internet.