Context adaptive content interaction platform for use with a nomadic device

• US 9,042,824 B2
• Filed: 09/06/2012
• Issued: 05/26/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/06/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Original Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC (Ford Motor Company)
• Inventors: Prasad, Krishnaswamy Venkatesh, Peplin, Christopher
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Tuan A
• Application Number:
  US13/604,970
• Publication Number:
  US 20140065965A1
• Time in Patent Office: 992 Days
• Field of Search: 455/41.2, 455/41.3, 455423-425, 455/67.11, 455/67.13, 455/68, 455/69, 455/556.1, 455/556.2, 455/557, 455/569.1, 455/569.2, 455/95, 455/99, 455/11.1, 455/13.1, 455/552.1, 455/553.1, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 34053922-53929
• US Class Current: 455/41.2
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/00 Conjoint control of vehicle sub-units of different type or different function for propulsion of purely electrically-propelled vehicles with power supplied within the vehicle B60L50/00 - B60L58/00
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers

Abstract

A vehicle computer system comprising a transceiver in a vehicle configured to wirelessly connect with a nomadic device, wherein the nomadic device is capable of running a contextual application which operates at least in part based on vehicle environment data. The vehicle computer system further comprises one or more vehicle modules configured to receive environment data and capable of causing the transceiver to provide the vehicle environment data to the nomadic device for processing by the contextual application.

Claims

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage media storing instructions that, when executed by a processor in a vehicle, causes the processor to:

connect a vehicle transceiver with a nomadic device configured to operate a contextual application;

collect environment data from at least one vehicle module, wherein the contextual application of the nomadic device is configured to use the environment data to output a graphical animation on a display of the nomadic device based on at least the environment data;

receive a request from the nomadic device for the environment data; and

send the environment data to the nomadic device in response to the request.

2. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the instructions further cause the processor to:

utilize an application program interface to process the request for environment data at the vehicle.

3. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the environment data is off-board data.

4. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 3, wherein the off-board data includes at least weather data, traffic data, user data, vehicle data, social media data, air quality data, or music data.

5. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the request from the nomadic device includes an off-board data request and an on-board data request.

6. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the environment data is on-board data.

7. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein connecting with the nomadic device is accomplished using a BLUETOOTH connection.

8. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein the environment data includes at least location-based data, speed data, map data, occupant data, image data, or music data.

9. The non-transitory computer readable storage media of claim 1, wherein connecting with the nomadic device is accomplished by a USB connection.

10. A vehicle computer system comprising:

a transceiver in a vehicle configured to wirelessly connect with a nomadic device, wherein the nomadic device is configured to operate a contextual application which operates at least in part based on vehicle environment data and outputs a graphical animation on a display of the nomadic device based at least in part on the vehicle environment data; and

one or more vehicle modules configured to receive environment data and capable of causing the transceiver to provide the vehicle environment data to the nomadic device for processing by the contextual application.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the environment data is data received from an off-board server.

12. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the environment data is data received from the vehicle computing system.

13. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the transceiver is configured to wirelessly connect via a BLUETOOTH connection.

14. The vehicle computer system of claim 10, where in the vehicle computer system further comprises one or more vehicle modules configured to receive user identification data and capable of causing the transceiver to provide the user identification data to the nomadic device for processing by the contextual application;

and

outputs the graphical animation on the display of the nomadic device based at least in part on the user identification data.

15. The vehicle computer system of claim 10, wherein the contextual application is a video-game.

16. The vehicle computer system of claim 10, wherein the contextual application utilizes the environment data to change an environment of the contextual application.

17. A method of providing a contextual application on a nomadic device, comprising:

connecting with a vehicle computer system(VCS) configured to collect environment data for utilization with the contextual application;

sending a request to the VCS to receive environment data;

receiving the environment data from the VCS; and

outputting a dynamic graphical animation based on the environment data on a display of the nomadic device using the contextual application.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the environment data that is received from the vehicle computer system includes off-board data.

19. The method of claim 17, wherein the contextual application is configured to allow interaction via a user interface.

20. The method of claim 17, wherein receiving the request is accomplished by utilizing an application program interface.