Big telematics data network communication fault identification system method

• US 20170149602A1
• Filed: 12/05/2016
• Published: 05/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: GeoTab Incorporated
• Original Assignee: GeoTab Incorporated
• Inventors: Cawse, Neil Charles, Dodgson, Daniel Michael, Zhao, Yi
• Granted Patent: US 10,136,392 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/02 Registering or indicating driving, working, idle, or waiting time only apparatus forming part of taximeters G07B13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0677 Localisation of faults
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0251 using monitoring of local events, e.g. events related to user activity
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

Apparatus, device, methods and system relating to a vehicular telemetry environment for the for identifying in real time unpredictable network communication faults based upon pre-processed raw telematics big data logs that may include GPS data and an indication of vehicle status data, and supplemental data that may further include location data and network data.

Claims

1. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method comprising:

at least one first concurrent process for each of at least one mobile device, and

at least one second concurrent process for at least one remote device,

said first concurrent process determining an active mode or an inactive mode and setting a communication period for communicating with said at least one remote device,

said at least one remote device capable for communicating at least one of a signal, or data or message to said at least one remote device within said communication period,

said at least one second concurrent process capable for receiving said at least one signal, or data, or message and determining an active mode or an inactive mode and corresponding communication period for each of said at least one mobile device,

wherein within a communication fault determination time frame said at least one second concurrent process determines the number of said at least one mobile device expected to communicate with the number of said at least one mobile device actual communication to indicate the presence of a communication fault when the expected number is different from the actual number for each of said least one mobile device that communicated.

2. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 1 wherein said at least one first concurrent process determining an active mode or an inactive mode by detecting a vehicle status.

3. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 2 wherein said detecting a vehicle status is based upon an ignition status of a vehicle

4. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 2 wherein said vehicle status provides an indication to set an active mode.

5. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 4 wherein said active mode includes a first timely communication period for communicating with said at least one remote device.

6. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 5 wherein said first timely communication establishes a first expected communication.

7. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 6 wherein said first expected communication is 100 seconds.

8. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 2 wherein said vehicle status provides an indication to set an inactive mode.

9. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 8 wherein said inactive mode includes a second timely communication period for communicating with said at least one remote device.

10. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 9 wherein said second timely communication period establishes a second expected communication.

11. A telematics communication fault determination system method as in claim 10 wherein said second expected communication is 1800 seconds.

12. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 8 wherein said inactive mode includes a third timely communication period for communication with said at least one remote device.

13. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 12 wherein said third timely communication period established a third expected communication.

14. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 13 wherein said third expected communication period is 86,400 seconds

15. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 8 wherein said inactive mode includes a second expected communication and a third expected communication.

16. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 15 wherein said second expected communication and said third expected communication is based upon a time of 86,400 seconds, upon exceeding said time of 86,400 seconds transitioning said second expected communication to said third expected communication.

17. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 1 wherein said second concurrent process determines either an active mode or an inactive mode for each of said at least one mobile device.

18. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 17 wherein said active mode and said inactive mode is determined from said signal, or data, or message.

19. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 18 wherein an ignition status of a vehicle contained in said signal, or data, or message determines an active mode or inactive mode.

20. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 17 wherein said active mode includes a first timely communication period for communicating with said remote device.

21. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 20 wherein said first timely communication period established a first expected communication.

22. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 21 wherein said first expected communication wherein said first expected communication is a period of 100 seconds.

23. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 17 wherein said inactive mode includes a second timely communication period for communicating with said at least one remote device.

24. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 23 wherein said second timely communication period establishes a second expected communication.

25. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 24 wherein said second expected communication is 1800 seconds.

26. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 17 wherein said inactive mode includes a third timely communication period for communication with said at least one remote device.

27. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 26 wherein said third timely communication period established a third expected communication.

28. A big telematics data communication fault determination system method as in claim 27 wherein said third expected communication period is 86,400 seconds.