Internet telematics service providing system and internet telematics service providing method for providing mileage-related driving information

• US 9,217,656 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2011
• Issued: 12/22/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/25/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Original Assignee: NHN Corporation
• Inventors: Lee, Choong Hee, Nam, Kyung Bo
• Primary Examiner(s): Jabr, Fadey
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mahne, Kevin P
• Application Number:
  US13/216,223
• Publication Number:
  US 20120053824A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,582 Days
• Field of Search: 340/439, 340/457, 340/5.1, 340/870.02, 340/870.07, 340/905, 455/414.1, 455/418, 455/422.1, 455/423, 455/456.2, 455/466, 701/1, 701/123, 701/2, 701/29.1, 701/29.3, 701/29.4, 701/29.5, 701/29.6, 701/31.4, 701/31.5, 701/32.7, 701/33.4, 701/33.9, 701/34.2, 701/455, 701/48, 701/51, 701/516, 701/532, 705/14.23, 705/14.49, 705/14.54, 705/14.57, 705/14.58, 705/14.64, 705/14.68, 705/14.71, 705/305, 705/4, 705/7.38, 705/7.42, 709/219
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 40/09 Driving style or behaviour
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/14 Means for informing the driver, warning the driver or prompting a driver intervention
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 50/16 Tactile feedback to the driver, e.g. vibration or force feedback to the driver on the steering wheel or the accelerator pedal
• CPC Class Codes: G01F 9/001 with electric, electro-mechanic or electronic means G01F9/008 and G01F9/02 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0808 Diagnosing performance data testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0816 Indicating performance data, e.g. occurrence of a malfunction
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/0841 Registering performance data recording measured values G01D; information storage G11B
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096716 where the received information does not generate an automatic action on the vehicle control

Abstract

Provided is an Internet telematics service providing system and method that may provide driving information for mileage enhancement. In interaction with a telematics system of a vehicle and a communication terminal of a user, the Internet telematics service providing system may include a data receiver to receive driving data associated with a mileage of the vehicle from the telematics system, a data storage unit to store the driving data in a webpage associated with the user, a data providing unit to provide the stored driving data to the telematics system and/or the communication terminal using a Web service, a guide generator to generate driving guide information of the vehicle based on the driving data, and a guide providing unit to provide the driving guide information to the user using the telematics system and/or the communication terminal.

Claims

1. A method of providing an Internet telematics service using a processor, the method comprising:

receiving, into a data receiver comprising a non-transitory memory, driving data associated with a mileage of a vehicle from a telematics system;

storing the driving data in a webpage;

providing, via the processor, the stored driving data to the telematics system, a communication terminal, or both the telematics system and the communication terminal using a Web service;

providing, via the processor, driving guide information of the vehicle based on the driving data; and

providing the driving guide information using the telematics system, the communication terminal, or both the telematics system and the communication terminal;

receiving, into a data collector comprising a non-transitory memory, a plurality of foreign data, wherein each of said foreign data corresponds to driving data of another vehicle from the Web service, and

providing, via the processor, a comparison result about the driving data by comparing, using the processor, the driving data and the foreign data,

wherein providing the driving guide information comprises providing the driving guide information based at least on the foreign data, and

wherein providing the comparison result comprises providing the comparison result with the foreign data and the driving data on the webpage, wherein the comparison result includes a ranking of the user in relation to said plurality of foreign data of said other users, and further wherein the ranking is updated at predetermined intervals while the vehicle is being driven, and

the method further comprising;

storing the foreign data in the webpage; and

collecting recommended driving information associated with the vehicle, the recommended driving information provided from a manufacturing company server of the vehicle,

wherein the providing the driving guide information comprises providing the driving guide information about the vehicle based on the foreign data and the recommended driving information,

wherein the driving guide information comprises at least one of a sudden acceleration alarm and a sudden brake alarm, as well as at least one of a recommended speed, a speed limit, and a driving style, and

wherein the providing comprises providing the driving guide information in real time using the telematics system, the communication terminal, or both the telematics system and the communication terminal, and wherein the driving guide information is computed for achieving optimal mileage based on a combination of a model of the vehicle, a current location of the vehicle, a road property according to the current location, the weather at the current location, user history data, and the foreign data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

storing the foreign data in the webpage,

wherein providing the comparison result comprises providing the comparison result to the telematics system, the communication terminal, or both the telematics system and the communication terminal using the webpage.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the storing comprises:

computing management data on at least one of an acceleration information of the vehicle, a deceleration information of the vehicle, a consumed fuel amount of the vehicle, a driving distance of the vehicle, and a mileage of the vehicle, based on the driving data; and

accumulating the management data during a period of time to store the management data.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the providing the driving guide information further comprises providing the driving guide information using at least one of a driving condition of the model of the vehicle, the location of the vehicle, a road property according to the location, and weather, based on the foreign data and the recommended driving information.