MOBILE ROUTER VALET MODE

• US 20160227374A1
• Filed: 03/13/2016
• Published: 08/04/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Original Assignee: Lear Corporation
• Inventors: Moeller, Douglas S.
• Application Number:
  US15/068,593
• Publication Number:
  US 20160227374A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• 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: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/021 Services related to particular areas, e.g. point of interest [POI] services, venue services or geofences
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/50 Service provisioning or reconfiguring

Abstract

A non-transitory computer readable medium is provided with computer executable instructions stored thereon executable by a processor in a vehicle to provide a valet mode of operation method. The method comprises: capturing a current location of said vehicle as an initial location in response to a valet mode of operation being activated; monitoring locations of the vehicle while the valet mode of operation is activated; and determining if the vehicle has moved more than a predetermined distance from the initial location while said valet mode of operation is activated.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium with computer executable instructions stored thereon executed by a processor in a vehicle to provide a valet mode of operation method, the method comprising:

activating said valet mode of operation in response to said processor receiving a received activation request;

capturing a current location of said vehicle as an initial location in response to said valet mode of operation being activated;

monitoring locations of said vehicle while said valet mode of operation is activated;

determining if said vehicle has moved more than a predetermined distance from said initial location while said valet mode of operation is activated; and

initiating an alert if said vehicle moves more than said predetermined distance from said initial location while said valet mode of operation is activated.

2. The method in accordance with claim 1, comprising:

deactivating said valet mode of operation in response to the earlier of a received valet mode deactivate request and the lapse of a predetermined period of time.

3. The method in accordance with claim 2, comprising:

initiating each of said activate request and said valet mode deactivate request in response to a respective activate and deactivate action at a mobile device executing a valet mode application.

4. The method in accordance with claim 1, comprising:

initiating said activate request in response to an activate action at a mobile device executing a valet mode application; and

deactivating said valet mode of operation in response to the earlier of a received valet mode deactivate request and the lapse of a predetermined period of time.

5. The method in accordance with claim 1, comprising:

determining if said vehicle has traveled at a speed greater than a predetermined speed while said valet mode of operation is activated; and

initiating an alert if said vehicle travels at a speed greater than said predetermined speed while said valet mode of operation is activated.

6. The method in accordance with claim 5, comprising:

storing a received distance as said predetermined distance and a received speed as said predetermined speed in a memory accessible by said processor.

7. The method in accordance with claim 6, comprising:

receiving said predetermined distance and said predetermined speed from a mobile device.

8. The method in accordance with claim 7, comprising:

deactivating said valet mode of operation in response to a one of a received valet mode deactivate request and lapse of a predetermined period of time.

9. The method in accordance with claim 8, comprising:

initiating each of said activate request and said valet mode deactivate request in response to a respective activate and deactivate action at a mobile device, said mobile device executing a valet mode application.

10. The method in accordance with claim 9, comprising:

associating said vehicle uniquely with said mobile device.

11. A computer-program product for providing a valet mode of operation of a vehicle, said product comprising a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with computer-executable instructions that, as a result of being executed by a processor disposed within a vehicle, said processor executes a method for providing a valet mode, the method comprising:

responding to a received activate request to activate said valet mode of operation;

capturing a current location of said vehicle as an initial location when said valet mode of operation is activated;

monitoring locations of said vehicle during the time that said valet mode of operation is activated;

determining if said vehicle has moved more than a predetermined distance from said initial location during the time said valet mode is activated; and

initiating an alert if said vehicle moves more than said predetermined distance from said initial location during said time that said valet mode of operation is activated.

12. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, wherein said method comprises:

receiving said predetermined distance; and

storing said predetermined distance in a memory accessible by said processor.

13. The computer program product in accordance with claim 12, wherein said method comprises:

deactivating said valet mode of operation in response to a received deactivate request to deactivate said valet mode of operation.

14. The computer program product in accordance with claim 13, wherein said method comprises:

deactivating said valet mode after a predetermined period of time.

15. The computer program product in accordance with claim 11, wherein said method comprises:

determining if said vehicle has traveled at a speed greater than a predetermined speed while said valet mode of operation is activated; and

initiating an alert if said vehicle travels at a speed greater than said predetermined speed while said valet mode of operation is activated.

16. The computer program product in accordance with claim 15, wherein said method comprises:

receiving and storing said predetermined distance and said predetermined speed in a memory accessible by said processor.

17. The computer program product in accordance with claim 16, wherein said method comprises:

deactivating said valet mode of operation in response to a received deactivate request to deactivate said valet mode of operation.

18. The computer program product in accordance with claim 17, wherein said method comprises:

deactivating said valet mode after a predetermined period of time.

19. The computer program product in accordance with claim 18, wherein:

said activate request and said deactivate request are each initiated by a mobile device executing a valet mode application.

20. The computer program product in accordance with claim 19, wherein:

said vehicle is uniquely associated with said mobile device.