DEVICE-VEHICLE INTEROPERABILITY VERIFICATION METHOD
First Claim
1. A device-vehicle interoperability verification method, comprising:
- obtaining vehicle information by a mobile communications device, the vehicle information pertaining to a vehicle within which the mobile communications device is being used or is going to be used;
transmitting i) the vehicle information and ii) mobile communications device identification information from the mobile communications device to a server, the transmitting occurring in response to a command generated by an application resident on the device, the application including computer readable code, embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, for performing the transmitting;
by a data aggregator at the server, querying a database to obtain data pertaining to an interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle; and
sending a message to the mobile communications device by a communications module at the server, the message including at least the data pertaining to the interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle.
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Abstract
A device-vehicle interoperability verification method is disclosed herein. Vehicle information is obtained by a mobile communications device, and this vehicle information pertains to a vehicle within which the device is being used or is going to be used. The vehicle information and device identification information is transmitted from the device to a server. The transmission occurs in response to a command generated by an application resident on the device, which includes computer readable code, embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, for performing the transmission. A data aggregator at the server queries a database to obtain data pertaining to an interoperability between the device and the vehicle, and a communications module at the server sends a message to the device that includes at least the data pertaining to the interoperability between the device and the vehicle.
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19 Claims
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1. A device-vehicle interoperability verification method, comprising:
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obtaining vehicle information by a mobile communications device, the vehicle information pertaining to a vehicle within which the mobile communications device is being used or is going to be used; transmitting i) the vehicle information and ii) mobile communications device identification information from the mobile communications device to a server, the transmitting occurring in response to a command generated by an application resident on the device, the application including computer readable code, embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, for performing the transmitting; by a data aggregator at the server, querying a database to obtain data pertaining to an interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle; and sending a message to the mobile communications device by a communications module at the server, the message including at least the data pertaining to the interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A device-vehicle interoperability verification method, comprising:
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via a user, selecting a prospective vehicle for purchase; executing an application on a mobile communications device of the user, the application including computer readable code embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium for determining mobile communications device identification information; and one of; when the prospective vehicle has a radio frequency identification tag associated therewith, i) by the application, reading vehicle information from the radio frequency identification tag, ii) transmitting the mobile communications device identification information and the vehicle information to a server, and iii) determining, by a data aggregator at the server, an interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle from the mobile communications device identification information and the vehicle information;
orwhen the prospective vehicle does not have a radio frequency identification tag associated therewith, i) by the application, instructing the user to capture a digital image of a vehicle identification tag associated with the vehicle using a camera operatively associated with the mobile communications device, ii) via the application, extracting the vehicle information from the digital image of the vehicle identification tag, iii) transmitting the mobile communications device identification information and the vehicle information to the server, and iv) determining, by the data aggregator at the server, the interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle from the mobile communications device identification information and the vehicle information. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13)
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14. A device-vehicle interoperability verification system, comprising:
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a mobile communications device including a tool to obtain vehicle information pertaining to a vehicle within which the mobile communications device is being used or is going to be used; an application resident on the mobile communications device, the application including computer readable code, embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, for transmitting i) the vehicle information and ii) mobile communications device identification information to a server; a data aggregator at the server including or associated with processing equipment including computer readable code, embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, for querying i) a database to obtain an interoperability file including data pertaining to an interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle or ii) a structured query language (SQL) database for data pertaining to the interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle; and a communications module at the server to send a message to the mobile communications device, the message including the data pertaining to the interoperability between the mobile communications device and the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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