System and Method for Collecting Vehicle Use and Driving Behavior Data Using a Mobile Communication Device and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) Device

• US 20160101786A1
• Filed: 10/09/2015
• Published: 04/14/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Modus Group LLC (Radius Payment Solutions Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: WPJ Holdings Incorporated
• Inventors: Johnson, Jon Brandon
• Granted Patent: US 10,471,964 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2520/10 Longitudinal speed
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2540/215 Selection or confirmation of options
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 2556/50 of positioning data, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System] data
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/01 Satellite radio beacon positioning systems transmitting time-stamped messages, e.g. GPS [Global Positioning System], GLONASS [Global Orbiting Navigation Satellite System] or GALILEO
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/34 Power consumption
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 5/0027 of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

A system and method for collecting motor vehicle use, driving behavior or motor vehicle use and driving behavior data using a Bluetooth® low energy (“BLE”) device and a mobile communication device (“MCD”). One embodiment can automatically turn on the MCD Global Positioning System location services (“GPS”) and start the collection of such data when the MCD user is in a predetermined proximity of the motor vehicle and the vehicle is in motion as well as automatically turn off the GPS and stop data collection when the MCD is not in a predetermined proximity to the motor vehicle and BLE device and the motor vehicle stops moving.

Claims

1. A method of collecting motor vehicle driver behavior and motor vehicle use data of a motor vehicle by a mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a Bluetooth®

low energy device in said motor vehicle;

launching a vehicle driver behavior and vehicle use data collection application;

determining that said mobile communication device is associated with the operator of said motor vehicle;

determining when said motor vehicle is in motion;

executing vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and motor vehicle use data collection and storage;

detecting when said motor vehicle is no longer in motion;

detecting the absence of said Bluetooth®

low energy device;

stopping said driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising enabling a potential operator of said motor vehicle to refuse said vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage.

3. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by the mobile communication device Global Positioning System.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by speed of said motor vehicle.

5. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by said mobile communication device Global Positioning System and said speed of said motor vehicle.

6. The method of claim 1 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle is no longer in motion for 120 seconds before stopping said vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein said motor vehicle motion is detected by said mobile communication device Global Positioning System.

8. The method of claim 6 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by said speed of said motor vehicle.

9. The method of claim 6 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by said mobile communication device Global Positioning System and said speed of said motor vehicle.

10. The method of claim 6 further comprising continuation of said vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage when said motor vehicle resumes motor vehicle motion.

11. A system comprising:

a mobile communication device input system adapted to receive Bluetooth®

low energy device input and execute computer instructions as a motor vehicle driver behavior data collection and motor vehicle use data collection and storage service that is configured to;

launch motor vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and vehicle use data collection and storage when said mobile communication device is less than ten meters of said Bluetooth®

low energy device and a motor vehicle operated by the mobile communication device user is in motion; and

stop said motor vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage when said motor vehicle, operated by said mobile communication device user, is no longer in motion and greater than ten meters of said Bluetooth®

low energy device.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein said executable computer instructions further cause said mobile communication device to enable said mobile communication device user to refuse said motor vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage.

13. The system of claim 11 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by the mobile communication device Global Positioning System.

14. The method of claim 11 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by speed of said motor vehicle.

15. The method of claim 11 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by said mobile communication device Global Positioning System and said speed of said motor vehicle.

16. The system of claim 11 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle is no longer in said motion for 120 seconds before stopping said driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein said motor vehicle motion is detected by said mobile communication device Global Positioning System.

18. The method of claim 16 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by speed of said motor vehicle.

19. The method of claim 16 further comprising detecting said motor vehicle motion by said mobile communication device Global Positioning System and speed of said motor vehicle.

20. The system of claim 16 further comprising continuation of said driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage when said motor vehicle is again in motion.

21. A method of collecting motor vehicle driver behavior data and storage and motor vehicle use data and storage of a motor vehicle on a mobile communication device, the method comprising the steps of:

detecting a Bluetooth®

low energy device in said motor vehicle;

launching a vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and vehicle use data collection and storage application;

determining that said mobile communication device is associated with the operator of said motor vehicle;

determining when said motor vehicle is in motion by said mobile communication device Global Positioning System and speed of said motor vehicle;

executing said vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said motor vehicle use data collection and storage;

detecting when said motor vehicle is no longer in motion for 100 seconds;

detecting the absence of said Bluetooth®

low energy device;

stopping said vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage;

continuing said vehicle driver behavior data collection and storage and said vehicle use data collection and storage when said motor vehicle is again in motion.