Transport communication pairing

• US 8,843,317 B1
• Filed: 01/15/2014
• Issued: 09/23/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US14/155,488
• Time in Patent Office: 251 Days
• Field of Search: 701/526, 701/301, 340/905, 455/404.1, 455/456.3, 705/14.58
• US Class Current: 701/526
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 11/20 Tandem, side-by-side, or other multiple master cylinder units
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/06 Disposition of pedal
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/02 including control of driveline clutches
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/18 including control of braking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/00 Time-division multiplex systems H04J14/00 takes precedence; relay systems H04B7/14; selecting techniques H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• 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: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, associating at least one wireless device and at least one user, requesting audio information from at least one remote source by said at least one wireless device, receiving said audio information from said remote source, broadcasting an audio identifier to said at least one wireless device, using said audio information, authenticating said association between said at least one wireless device and at least one transport, based on said audio information, determining at least one characteristic of said at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection and determining at least one probable route of said at least one transport based on said at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

associating at least one wireless device and at least one user;

requesting audio information from at least one remote source by said at least one wireless device;

receiving said audio information from said remote source;

broadcasting an audio identifier to said at least one wireless device, using said audio information;

authenticating said association between said at least one wireless device and at least one transport, based on said audio information;

determining by a processor at least one characteristic of said at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection; and

determining by the processor at least one probable route of said at least one transport based on said at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling said at least one wireless device and said at least one transport to communicate through audio signals using audible frequencies.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein said audio information comprises encoding said audio information into said audio identifier.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein said audio information comprises said audio identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one wireless device comprises a handheld device.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein said audio information comprises encoding said audio information using a frequency shift keying method.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising ranking at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing said at least one user search history to determine at least one of at least one user hobby, at least one user sport, at least one user group and at least one user interest.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising rating at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining at least one user location.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to

associate at least one wireless device and at least one user;

request audio information from at least one remote source by said at least one wireless device;

receive said audio information from said remote source by said at least one wireless device;

broadcast an audio identifier to said at least one wireless device, that uses said audio information;

authenticate said association between said at least one wireless device and at least one transport, based on said audio information;

determine at least one characteristic of said at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection; and

determine at least one probable route of said at least one transport based on said at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further ranks at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further rates at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further enables said at least one wireless device and said at least one transport to communicate through audio signals that utilizes audible frequencies.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further encodes said audio information into said audio identifier.

16. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said audio information comprises said audio identifier.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform:

associating at least one wireless device and at least one user;

requesting audio information from at least one remote source by said at least one wireless device;

receiving said audio information from said remote source;

broadcasting an audio identifier to said at least one wireless device, using said audio information;

authenticating said association between said at least one wireless device and at least one transport, based on said audio information;

determining at least one characteristic of said at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection; and

determining at least one probable route of said at least one transport based on said at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said processor is further configured to perform ranking at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said processor is further configured to perform enabling said at least one wireless device and said at least one transport to communicate through audio signals using audible frequencies.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, further comprising encoding said audio information into said audio identifier.