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VEHICLE STATUS NOTIFICATION AND OPERATOR IDENTIFICATION

  • US 20160005243A1
  • Filed: 09/10/2015
  • Published: 01/07/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method performed by a computing device located on-board a vehicle and physically interfacing with an on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle via a wired communications link, the method comprising:

  • detecting a motion event or an auditory event via one or more sensors of the computing device;

    responsive to detecting the motion event or the auditory event, waking a wireless transceiver of the computing device from a sleep state or a reduced power state, and initiating scanning via the wireless transceiver;

    detecting whether a wireless device of a primary registered user of the computing device and/or vehicle is present within a wireless range of the wireless transceiver based on wireless transmissions received via the wireless transceiver during said scanning;

    if the wireless device of the primary registered user is not detected as being present, then transmitting a notification message over a wireless wide area network directed to a registered contact address of the primary registered user;

    if the wireless device of the primary registered user is detected as being present, then associating data obtained from the on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle with a user account of the primary registered user during operation of the vehicle.

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