Vehicle status notification and operator identification
First Claim
1. A method performed by a computing device located on-board a vehicle and physically interfacing with an on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle via a wired communications link, the method comprising:
- detecting a motion event or an auditory event via one or more sensors of the computing device;
responsive to detecting the motion event or the auditory event, initiating scanning to detect presence of one or more wireless devices via a wireless transceiver;
for a wireless device of the one or more wireless devices detected via the wireless transceiver, obtaining an identifier from the wireless device over a wireless local area network or wireless personal area network via the wireless transceiver; and
reporting detection of the wireless device from which the identifier was obtained to a network service hosted at a remote server system by transmitting the identifier or an indication of the identifier over a wireless wide area network.
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Abstract
A computing system located on-board a vehicle issues an event notification responsive to detection of an event condition. The on-board computing system detects the presence of wireless-enabled devices located within the vehicle or within proximity to the vehicle over a wireless communications link. The on-board computing system seeks to determine the identity of one or more persons that enter, attempt to enter, or operate the vehicle based on identifiers obtained from one or more wireless-enabled devices carried by those persons. The on-board computing system distinguishes multiple users from each other by designating one user as the vehicle operator, and one or more other users as passengers of the vehicle. The on-board computing system may include a removable on-board interface device that interfaces with an on-board vehicle control system.
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20 Claims
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1. A method performed by a computing device located on-board a vehicle and physically interfacing with an on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle via a wired communications link, the method comprising:
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detecting a motion event or an auditory event via one or more sensors of the computing device; responsive to detecting the motion event or the auditory event, initiating scanning to detect presence of one or more wireless devices via a wireless transceiver; for a wireless device of the one or more wireless devices detected via the wireless transceiver, obtaining an identifier from the wireless device over a wireless local area network or wireless personal area network via the wireless transceiver; and reporting detection of the wireless device from which the identifier was obtained to a network service hosted at a remote server system by transmitting the identifier or an indication of the identifier over a wireless wide area network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method performed by a server system, the method comprising:
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receiving one or more reporting messages over a wide area network originating from and transmitted by a computing device located on-board a vehicle and physically interfacing with an on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle via a wired communications link, the one or more reporting messages including or indicating; a first identifier of a first wireless device wirelessly detected by the computing device via a wireless local area network or a first wireless personal area network, and a second identifier of a second wireless device wirelessly detected as being present contemporaneously with the first wireless device by the computing device via the wireless local area network or a second wireless personal area network; and responsive to receiving the one or more reporting messages, transmitting a vehicle operator status request message to the first wireless device and the second wireless device, the vehicle operator status request message directing the first wireless device and the second wireless device to initiate a prompt for a user to provide an indication of an operator of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A computing device located on-board a vehicle and physically interfacing with an on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle via a wired communications link, the computing device comprising:
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one or more motion sensors to detect a motion event; a vehicle interface to interface with the vehicle control system via the wired communications link; a communications subsystem to communicate with wireless devices via a local area network or personal area network; a logic subsystem to execute instructions; a storage subsystem having instructions stored thereon executable by the logic subsystem to; responsive to detection of a motion event via the one or more motion sensors, wake a wireless transceiver from a sleep state and initiate a scan for wireless devices via the wireless transceiver; for each wireless device detected via the wireless transceiver, obtain an identifier from that wireless device over a wireless local area network or a wireless personal area network established with that wireless device via the wireless transceiver; if two or more wireless devices are detected via the wireless transceiver, then receive a vehicle operator status message, the vehicle operator status message indicating either a user account associated with a first wireless device or a user account associated with a second wireless device as being associated with an operator of the vehicle; and receive data from the on-board vehicle control system via the wired communications link; and associate the data received from the on-board vehicle control system via the wired communications link with the user account indicated as being associated with the operator of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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