ENABLING AND DISABLING LOW ENERGY, SHORT-RANGE WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULES
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a server;
a vehicle; and
a vehicle communications platform operatively disposed in the vehicle and in communication with the server, the vehicle communications platform having a low energy, short-range wireless communication module, including;
an advertising ON mode enabling the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to broadcast an advertising event, wherein the advertising ON mode is triggered when i) first vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at its garage address or ii) first position data of a wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is within a preset range of the vehicle; and
an advertising OFF mode inhibiting the low energy, short-range wireless communication module from broadcasting the advertising event, wherein the advertising OFF mode is triggered when i) second vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is at its garage address or ii) second position data of the wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is not within the preset range of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A system includes a vehicle communications platform (VCP) operatively disposed in a vehicle and in communication with a server. The VCP has a low energy, short-range wireless communication module, including advertising ON and OFF modes. The advertising ON mode enables the module to broadcast an advertising event, and is triggered when i) vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at its garage address or ii) wireless device position data indicates that the wireless device is within a preset range of the vehicle. The advertising OFF mode inhibits the module from broadcasting the advertising event, and is triggered when i) vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is at its garage address or ii) wireless device position data indicates that the wireless device is not within the preset range of the vehicle.
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20 Claims
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1. A system, comprising:
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a server; a vehicle; and a vehicle communications platform operatively disposed in the vehicle and in communication with the server, the vehicle communications platform having a low energy, short-range wireless communication module, including; an advertising ON mode enabling the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to broadcast an advertising event, wherein the advertising ON mode is triggered when i) first vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at its garage address or ii) first position data of a wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is within a preset range of the vehicle; and an advertising OFF mode inhibiting the low energy, short-range wireless communication module from broadcasting the advertising event, wherein the advertising OFF mode is triggered when i) second vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is at its garage address or ii) second position data of the wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is not within the preset range of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for enabling or inhibiting low energy, short-range wireless communication advertisements, comprising executing on a processor the steps of:
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receiving vehicle position data; comparing the received vehicle position data with a garage address for the vehicle; and one of; triggering a low energy, short-range wireless communication module of the vehicle communications platform to enter an advertising ON mode when the position data indicates that the vehicle is not at the garage address;
ortriggering the low energy, short-range wireless communication module of the vehicle communications platform to enter an advertising OFF mode when the position data indicates that the vehicle is at the garage address. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for enabling or inhibiting low energy, short-range wireless communication advertisements from a low energy, short-range wireless communication module of a vehicle communications platform of vehicle, comprising executing on a processor the steps of:
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receiving position data from a wireless device outside of the vehicle; comparing the received position data from the wireless device with a preset range; and
one of;triggering the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to enter an advertising ON mode when the position data indicates that the wireless device is within the preset range;
ortriggering the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to enter an advertising OFF mode when the position data indicates that the wireless device is outside the preset range. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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