SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR USER DEVICE INTERACTION

• US 20140172990A1
• Filed: 12/14/2012
• Published: 06/19/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/14/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Intel Corporation
• Original Assignee: Chieh-Yih Wan, Giuseppe Raffa, Sangita Sharma
• Inventors: SHARMA, SANGITA, RAFFA, GIUSEPPE, WAN, CHIEH-YIH
• Granted Patent: US 9,608,952 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/206
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/046 Interoperability with other network applications or services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/214 using selective forwarding
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/025 using location based information parameters
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/14 Short messaging services, e.g. short message services [SMS] or unstructured supplementary service data [USSD]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

Systems and methods for receiving a communication on one or more user devices within a vehicle and redirecting the communications based at least in part on one or more user profiles associated with occupants of the vehicle is disclosed. The redirection of the communication may further be based at least in part on one or more sensor signals or a drive characteristic associated with the vehicle.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

identifying, by one or more processors associated with a vehicle, one or more user devices;

determining, by the one or more processors, at least one of the one or more user devices as a driver'"'"'s user device;

identifying, by the one or more processors, a user profile associated with the driver'"'"'s user device;

receiving, by the one or more processors, a communication from the driver'"'"'s user device; and

transmitting, by the one or more processors, the communication based at least in part on the user profile.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the one or more user devices comprises receiving, by the one or more processors, one or more messages corresponding to each of the one or more user devices.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein determining at least one of the one or more user devices as the driver'"'"'s user device comprises receiving, by the one or more processors, a message from the driver'"'"'s user device.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein identifying the user profile associated with the driver'"'"'s user device comprises receiving the user profile from a profile server.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, one or more sensor signals; and

determining, by the one or more processors, a drive characteristic based at least in part on the one or more sensor signals.

6. The method of claim 5, wherein the drive characteristic comprises at least one of (i) velocity of the vehicle;

(ii) acceleration of the vehicle;

(iii) deceleration of the vehicle;

(iv) roll of the vehicle;

(v) yaw rate of the vehicle;

(vi) angular acceleration of the vehicle;

(vii) indication of an accident;

(viii) indication of deployment of an airbag of the vehicle;

(ix) visibility conditions;

(x) road conditions;

(xi) current velocity;

or (xii) current position.

7. The method of claim 5, wherein transmitting the communication comprises transmitting the communication based at least in part on the drive characteristic.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving, by the one or more processors, one or more second sensor signals; and

determining, by the one or more processors, a user characteristic based at least in part on the one or more second sensor signals.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein transmitting the communication comprises transmitting the communication based at least in part on the user characteristic.

10. A system, comprising:

one or more sensors; and

one or more processors configured to;

identify one or more user devices;

determine at least one of the one or more user devices as a first user device;

identify a user profile associated with the first user device;

determine a drive characteristic based at least in part on one or more signals received from the one or more sensors;

receive a communication from the first user device; and

transmit the communication based at least in part on the user profile and the drive characteristic.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate the user profile associated with the first user device.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the drive characteristic comprises at least one of (i) velocity of a vehicle;

(ii) acceleration of the vehicle;

(iii) deceleration of the vehicle;

(iv) roll of the vehicle;

(v) yaw rate of the vehicle;

(vi) angular acceleration of the vehicle;

(vii) indication of an accident;

or (viii) indication of deployment of an airbag of the vehicle;

(ix) visibility conditions;

(x) road conditions;

(xi) current velocity;

or (xii) current position.

13. The system of claim 10, wherein the communication is at least one of:

(i) a voice call;

(ii) a text message;

(iii) an SMS message;

or (iv) a social networking message.

14. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to:

receive one or more second sensor signals; and

determine a user characteristic based at least in part on the one or more second sensor signals.

15. The system of claim 10, wherein the one or more processors configured to transmit the communication comprises the one or more processors configured to transmit the communication to at least one of:

(i) a speaker of a vehicle;

(ii) a voice mail system associated with the first user device;

or (iii) a second user device identified from the one or more user devices.

16. A computer readable media comprising computer-executable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, configure the one or more processors to:

identify at least one user devices as a driver'"'"'s user device;

receive a user profile associated with the driver'"'"'s user device;

determine a drive characteristic based at least in part on one or more signals received from the one or more sensors;

receive a communication from the driver'"'"'s user device;

receive one or more second sensor signals; and

determine a user characteristic based at least in part on the one or more second sensor signals; and

transmit the communication based at least in part on the user profile, the drive characteristic, and the user characteristic.

17. The computer readable media of claim 16, wherein the one or more processors are further configured to generate the user profile associated with the driver'"'"'s user device.

18. The computer readable media of claim 16, wherein the communication is at least one of:

(i) a voice call;

(ii) a text message;

(iii) an SMS message;

or (iv) a social networking message.

19. The computer readable media of claim 16, wherein the user characteristic comprises one or more parameters that indicate the activity of one or more users.

20. The computer readable media of claim 16, wherein one or more processors configured to transmit the communication comprises the one or more processors configured to transmit the communication to at least one of:

(i) a speaker of a vehicle;

(ii) a voice mail system associated with the driver'"'"'s user device;

or (iii) a second user device.

21. The computer readable media of claim 20, wherein the one or more processors configured to transmit the communication comprises the one or more processors configured to receive one or more second communications from the at least one user devices.