Server request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor

• US 8,676,428 B2
• Filed: 04/17/2012
• Issued: 03/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/17/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Lytx, Inc.
• Inventors: Richardson, Larry, Lambert, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Cheung, Mary
• Assistant Examiner(s): Trivedi, Atul
• Application Number:
  US13/448,725
• Publication Number:
  US 20130274950A1
• Time in Patent Office: 700 Days
• Field of Search: 701 23- 25, 701/31.5, 701/300, 701/537, 701423-425, 701/484
• US Class Current: 701/25
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0112 from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles

Abstract

A system for triggered request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor comprises a transmitter, a receiver, and a processor. The processor is coupled to the transmitter and the receiver. The processor is configured to determine whether it is desired to receive one or more data from a vehicle-based monitor. In the event that it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor, the processor is configured to provide an indication that it is desired to receive the one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor. The processor is configured to receive the one or more data.

Claims

1. A system for triggered request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor comprising:

a transmitter to transmit, via a first network, one or more indications to a vehicle-based monitor;

a receiver to receive, via the first network or a second network, data transmitted from the vehicle-based monitor that includes one or more communications;

a processor coupled to the transmitter and the receiver and configured to;

determine, based at least in part on a communication received by the receiver from the vehicle-based monitor, whether it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor, wherein the one or more additional data is at least one of;

different from the received communication or not included in the received communication; and

in the event that it is determined that it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor;

cause the transmitter to provide an indication to the vehicle-based monitor that it is desired to receive the one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor; and

receive the one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication is regularly occurring.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication is incident triggered.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication comprises recorded data.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication comprises processed recorded data.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication comprises a subset of recorded data.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication comprises a reduced quality version of recorded data.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication comprises data derived from recorded data.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein determining whether it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor is based at least in part on the communication.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein determining whether it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor comprises processing the communication.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein determining whether it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor comprises examination of the communication by a human.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein determining whether it is desired to receive one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor is based at least in part on a driver of a vehicle associated with the vehicle-based monitor.

13. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication specifies the data be transmitted immediately.

14. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication specifies the data be transmitted at a later time.

15. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication specifies that the data be processed before transmission.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein processing comprises compression.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein processing comprises filtering.

18. The system of claim 15, wherein processing comprises selection of a portion of the data for transmission.

19. The system of claim 1, wherein the indication specifies that the data is not processed before transmission.

20. The system of claim 1, wherein data comprises one or more of the following:

video data, audio data, global positioning system data, accelerometer data, speedometer data, gyroscopic data, vehicle bus sensor data, hard braking data, automatic brake sensing data, or derived data.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein data is received via the wireless connection.

22. The system of claim 1, wherein data is received via the wired network connection.

25. The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more additional data related to the received communication includes data having a different resolution than the received communication, data having a view of an additional camera view in addition to the view of the camera of the received communication, or data having a different view than the received communication.

23. A method for triggered request for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor comprising:

receiving, via a first network, a communication from a vehicle-based monitor;

determining, using a processor and based at least in part on the communication received from the vehicle-based monitor, whether it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor, wherein the one or more additional data is at least one of;

different from the received communication or not included in the received communication;

in the event that it is determined that it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor;

providing, via the first network or a second network, an indication to the vehicle-based monitor that it is desired to receive the one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor; and

receiving the one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor.

24. A computer program product for downloaded information from a vehicle-based monitor, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible and non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:

receiving, via a first network, a communication from a vehicle-based monitor;

determining, using a processor and based at least in part on the communication received from the vehicle-based monitor, whether it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor, wherein the one or more additional data is at least one of;

different from the received communication or not included in the received communication;

in the event that it is determined that it is desired to receive one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor;

providing, via the first network or a second network, an indication to the vehicle-based monitor that it is desired to receive the one or more data from the vehicle-based monitor; and

receiving the one or more additional data from the vehicle-based monitor.