Vehicle system passive notification using remote device
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1. A method of monitoring vehicle systems comprising:
- determining if a vehicle system to be monitored is in an alert state;
determining if a vehicle is occupied; and
based at least in part on the vehicle system alert state determination and a determination that the vehicle is no longer occupied, sending a vehicle system alert based at least in part on a determined alert state to a user'"'"'s wireless device.
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Abstract
A method of vehicle monitoring includes monitoring one or more vehicle safety systems while a vehicle is in operation to detect an unsafe condition. The method also includes sending an alert to a handheld device if an unsafe condition is detected.
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1. A method of monitoring vehicle systems comprising:
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determining if a vehicle system to be monitored is in an alert state; determining if a vehicle is occupied; and based at least in part on the vehicle system alert state determination and a determination that the vehicle is no longer occupied, sending a vehicle system alert based at least in part on a determined alert state to a user'"'"'s wireless device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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monitoring one or more vehicle safety systems while a vehicle is in operation to detect an unsafe condition; sending an alert to a handheld device upon detection of the unsafe condition; determining whether or not to include additional information related to correction of the unsafe condition in the alert; and based on the determining, including additional information related to the correction of the unsafe condition with the alert sent by the sending, wherein the unsafe condition includes a vehicle component in need of repair and the additional information includes at least a location of a business where the vehicle component can be repaired. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of vehicle monitoring comprising:
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determining if a specific driver class is present in a vehicle; determining one or more class specific predefined systems to monitor based at least in part on a determined driver class; monitoring the one or more class specific predefined systems while a vehicle is in operation to detect a predefined condition; and sending an alert to a handheld device if a predefined condition is detected. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for monitoring a vehicle sensor comprising:
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activating one or more monitoring systems; monitoring the one or more activated monitoring systems; checking a power source providing power to the one or more monitoring systems to determine if the power source is below a certain threshold; sending a low power alert to a user on a remote device if the power source determined to be below the threshold; ceasing monitoring of the one or more systems being monitored if the power source is below the threshold; detecting a change in the state of the one or more systems being monitored; and sending an alert to the user on the remote device if at least one of the one or more monitoring systems have changed state to a state in which an alert is to be sent.
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