Remote vehicle start system with advance dynamic scheduling system
First Claim
1. A vehicle remote starter scheduling system comprising:
- a wireless cellular telephone capable of interfacing with scheduling software, and capable of communicating with a telecommunication network, and for wireless communicating with a vehicle;
electronic scheduling software utilized within or accessible by said wireless cellular telephone through said telecommunication network;
at least one location determination device for determining the location of said vehicle and said wireless cellular telephone at any particular point in time;
a computer server in communication with said telecommunication network for gathering data from said telecommunication network and processing instructions;
said scheduling system queries said scheduling software for the time and location of a scheduled meeting, queries said telecommunication network for weather data, calculates the distance and time necessary to travel to the location of a scheduled meeting, and timely generating a signal to said cellular telephone in connection with remotely starting said vehicle through said telecommunications network.
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Abstract
A system and method is described for a vehicle remote starter with an advanced dynamic scheduling system. The system and method utilizes a cellular telephone, interfacing with standard scheduling software, and capable of communicating with the Internet to gather real time data and communicating through a wireless telecommunication network with a vehicle to send vehicle remote start and other commands; an electronic scheduling system utilized within or accessible by the cellular telephone; a cellular telephone based and/or vehicle based GPS location module for determining the location of the vehicle and the cellular telephone at any particular point in time; a set of coded instructions that actively queries the Internet for real time data and that queries the electronic scheduling system to determine the time and location of a scheduled meeting, evaluating various vehicle operational parameters, the distance of the cellular phone from a vehicle, various environmental parameters, the distance from a vehicle to meeting location, the travel time required to timely travel and attend the scheduled meeting, and either prompting the user to actively send a remote start command signal to the vehicle or automatically sending the remote start command signal.
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8 Claims
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1. A vehicle remote starter scheduling system comprising:
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a wireless cellular telephone capable of interfacing with scheduling software, and capable of communicating with a telecommunication network, and for wireless communicating with a vehicle; electronic scheduling software utilized within or accessible by said wireless cellular telephone through said telecommunication network; at least one location determination device for determining the location of said vehicle and said wireless cellular telephone at any particular point in time; a computer server in communication with said telecommunication network for gathering data from said telecommunication network and processing instructions; said scheduling system queries said scheduling software for the time and location of a scheduled meeting, queries said telecommunication network for weather data, calculates the distance and time necessary to travel to the location of a scheduled meeting, and timely generating a signal to said cellular telephone in connection with remotely starting said vehicle through said telecommunications network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method of generating a vehicle remote start signal, the method including the steps of:
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periodically querying scheduling software to view meeting appointments times and locations or changes to the schedule stored in the scheduling software; determining if a meeting an appointment time is approaching the current time; requesting and processing location data from a cellular telephone and a vehicle; determining if said cellular telephone location is proximate to said scheduled meeting location; determine vehicle location determining the distance and travel time from said vehicle to the meeting location; querying said telecommunications network for current weather information for said vehicle location and said meeting location; determining the time necessary to warm said vehicle after starting based on said weather information; calculating the total time necessary to travel from said vehicle to said meeting location plus the time to warm said vehicle; sending a notice to said cellular telephone requesting a user to send a start command to said vehicle.
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