Method of Locating and Retrieving a Motor Vehicle with a Portable Computing Device

• US 20130041917A1
• Filed: 08/09/2012
• Published: 02/14/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 08/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Brenton Woolworth
• Original Assignee: Brenton Woolworth
• Inventors: WOOLWORTH, Brenton
• Application Number:
  US13/571,243
• Publication Number:
  US 20130041917A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 707/769
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A method of locating and retrieving a motor vehicle with a portable computing device is an electronic application which includes a guest account, a database, and a plurality of user accounts. Each of the plurality of user accounts includes a registered location code. A customer can send an electronic message to the database through a guest portable electronic computing device where the customer is treated as the guest account. The electronic message includes a specific location code and a vehicle identifier code. Then the specific location code is matched with the registered location code and a corresponding user account is identified. Then the electronic message is forwarded to a plurality of active communication mediums in the corresponding user account and is displayed through a user portable electronic computing device. An employee with the corresponding user account retrieves the electronic message and retrieves the customer'"'"'s motor vehicle.

Claims

1. A system of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking comprises,

a guest portable electronic computing device;

a user portable electronic computing device;

a central gateway;

a database;

the guest portable electronic computing device being communicatively coupled with the database through the central gateway; and

the user portable electronic computing device being communicatively coupled with the database through the central gateway.

2. The system of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking as claimed in claim 1 comprises,

the guest portable electronic computing device being communicatively coupled with the central gateway through a mobile network;

and

the central gateway being communicatively coupled with the database through a worldwide network, wherein the worldwide network is recognized as internet.

3. The system of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking as claimed in claim 1 comprises,

the user portable electronic computing device being communicatively coupled with the central gateway through the mobile network.

4. A method of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking with a portable computing device by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method comprises the steps of:

providing a plurality of user accounts, wherein each of the plurality of user accounts includes a plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, a plurality of registered emails, at least one registered location name, and at least one registered location code;

providing a database, wherein the plurality of user accounts is stored in the database;

providing a guest account, wherein the guest account is accessed through a guest portable electronic computing device;

compiling the at least one registered location code of each of the plurality of user accounts into a list of location codes;

simultaneously retrieving a specific location code and a specific vehicle identifier code as an electronic message from the guest account;

storing the electronic message in the database with a timestamp;

searching the list of location codes in order to find a correct location code numerically matching the specific location code;

sending the electronic message to a corresponding user account with the correct location code, wherein the electronic message is displayed through a user portable electronic computing device;

sending an electronic acknowledgment message to the guest account, if the electronic message has been sent to the corresponding user account; and

sending an electronic alert message to the guest account, if an electronic responsive message has been sent by the corresponding user account.

5. The method of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking with a portable computing device by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 4 comprises the steps of:

retrieving the specific location code and the specific vehicle identifier code through the guest portable electronic computing device; and

storing the timestamp for the electronic message in the database, wherein the timestamp records the date and the time of the electronic message.

6. The method of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking with a portable computing device by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 4 comprises the steps of:

searching for the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, and the plurality of registered emails in the corresponding user account in order to send the electronic message;

selecting a plurality of active communication mediums apart from a plurality of inactive communication mediums, wherein the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, and the plurality of registered emails comprises the plurality of active communication mediums and the plurality of inactive communication mediums; and

sending the electronic message to the plurality of active communication mediums in the corresponding user account.

7. The method of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking with a portable computing device by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 6 comprises the steps of:

retrieving an activate message to the database from the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, or the plurality of registered emails;

storing the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, and the plurality of registered emails with the activate message in the database; and

assigning plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, and the plurality of registered emails with the activated message as the plurality of active communication mediums.

8. The method of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking with a portable computing device by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 6 comprises the steps of:

retrieving an inactivate message to the database from the plurality of active phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, or the plurality of registered emails;

storing the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, and the plurality of registered emails with the inactivate message in the database; and

assigning the plurality of active communication mediums with the inactivate message into the plurality of inactive communication mediums.

9. The method of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking with a portable computing device by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 6 comprises the steps of:

retrieving a set location message with a new location code to the database from the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, or the plurality of registered emails;

storing the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, and the plurality of registered emails with the new location code in the database; and

assigning the new location code to the plurality of registered phone numbers, the plurality of registered phone emails, and the plurality of registered emails.

10. The method of obtaining a motor vehicle from valet parking with a portable computing device by executing computer-executable instructions stored on a non-transitory computer-readable medium, the method as claimed in claim 4 comprises the steps of:

retrieving the electronic responsive message through the corresponding user account;

storing the electronic responsive message in the database; and

sending the electronic alert message to the guest account, wherein the electronic alert message is displayed through the guest portable electronic computing device.