Method for providing at least one service with at least one item of formatted assessment information associated with a data record

• US 9,323,813 B2
• Filed: 03/05/2013
• Issued: 04/26/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Original Assignee: Audi AG (Volkswagen AG)
• Inventors: Hanke, Alexander, Geiger, Thomas
• Primary Examiner(s): DWIVEDI, MAHESH H
• Application Number:
  US13/785,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20130232136A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,148 Days
• Field of Search: 381/86
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/248 Presentation of query results
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising

Abstract

At least one service is provided with at least one item of formatted assessment information associated with a data record, the formatted assessment information having a format which is predefined by the service and is predefined with regard to a multilevel assessment scheme having a number of assessment levels. A first item of assessment information associated with the data record is generated on the basis of a detected user specification. A plurality of items of formatted assessment information which are associated with the data record and correspond to format specifications of different services are derived from the first assessment information. The assessment information generated in this manner is made available to the services.

Claims

1. A method for providing formatted assessment information associated with a data record, comprising:

generating first assessment information associated with the data record, the first assessment information being generated based on a detected user specification;

deriving a plurality of items of formatted assessment information associated with the data record, the plurality of items of formatted assessment information being derived from the first assessment information, the plurality of items of formatted assessment information having formats corresponding to predefined format specifications of respective different services, each predefined format specification being with regard to a multilevel assessment scheme of the respective different service, each multilevel assessment scheme having a plurality of assessment levels; and

making the plurality of items of formatted assessment information available to the respective different services,

wherein the predefined format specifications of respective different services include;

a first predefined format specification corresponding to a multilevel assessment scheme having two levels for a first service, and a second predefined format specification corresponding to another multilevel assessment scheme having more than two levels for a second service.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the user specification is detected using an input unit in a motor vehicle.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the input unit is designed for voice detection in the motor vehicle, and

the user specification is detected acoustically.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein

the first assessment information is generated using an evaluation unit in the motor vehicle, which is connected to the input unit in the motor vehicle, or

the first assessment information is generated using a portable communication device.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein

the plurality of items of formatted assessment information are derived from the first assessment information using the evaluation unit in the motor vehicle, or

the plurality of items of formatted assessment information are derived from the first assessment information using the portable communication device, or

the plurality of items of formatted assessment information are derived from the first assessment information using a computer device connected to the Internet, the first assessment information being transmitted to the computer device during evaluation in the computer device.

6. The method according to claim 4, wherein

transmission data are transmitted, the transmission data being the first assessment information or the plurality of items of formatted assessment information,

the transmission data are transmitted to a computer device or to at least one of the different services,

the transmission data are transmitted using the portable communication device or using a communication unit in the motor vehicle, and

the communication unit is connected to the input unit in the motor vehicle or to the evaluation unit.

7. The method according to claim 4, wherein

transmission data are transmitted, the transmission data being the first assessment information or the plurality of items of formatted assessment information,

the transmission data are transmitted to a computer device or to at least one of the different services,

the transmission data are transmitted using the portable communication device,

the portable communication device is connected in a wireless or wired manner, to the input unit in the motor vehicle and/or to the evaluation unit.

8. The method according to claim 1, wherein

transmission data are transmitted, the transmission data being the first assessment information and/or the plurality of items of formatted assessment information, and

the transmission data are transmitted together with the data record or an item of identification information identifying the data record, such that an association of the transmission data with the data record is retained during transmission.

9. The method according to claim 1, wherein

the data record and/or identification information identifying the data record is/are stored together with the first assessment information and/or the plurality of items of formatted assessment information if the first assessment information reaches or exceeds a predefinable threshold value.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein

each time the first assessment information reaches or exceeds a predefinable threshold value, a data entry is stored such that successively stored data are stored as a list, and

the list is stored in a storage unit in a motor vehicle, in a storage device of an external computer device and/or on a storage medium of a portable communication device.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein

making the plurality of items of formatted assessment information available to the respective different services further comprises transmitting a comment from the user to the respective different services, the comment being associated with the plurality of items of formatted assessment information.

12. The method according to claim 1, wherein

making the plurality of items of formatted assessment information available to the respective different services further comprises transmitting the data record or an item of identification identifying the data record to the respective different services.

13. The method according to claim 1, further comprising:

receiving an offer to purchase the data record or a product related to the data record from at least one of the respective different services based on the item of formatted assessment information made available to the at least one of the respective different services.

14. The method according to claim 1, wherein

deriving the plurality of items of formatted assessment information associated with the data record comprises using a translation table to associate an assessment level for each multilevel assessment scheme with a value corresponding to the first assessment information.

15. A motor vehicle to provide formatted assessment information associated with a data record, comprising:

an input unit permanently installed in the motor vehicle to detect a user specification;

an evaluation unit permanently installed in the motor vehicle and operatively connected to the input unit, to;

automatically generate first assessment information based on the user specification, and

derive a plurality of items of formatted assessment information associated with the data record, the plurality of items of formatted assessment information being derived from the first assessment information, the plurality of items of formatted assessment information having formats corresponding to predefined format specifications of respective different services, each predefined format specification being with regard to a multilevel assessment scheme of the respective different service, each multilevel assessment scheme having a plurality of assessment levels; and

a communication unit permanently installed in the motor vehicle and operatively connected to the input unit and the evaluation unit, to transmit the data record and/or information identifying the data record to the different services together with the first assessment information and/or the plurality of items of formatted assessment information,

wherein the predefined format specifications of respective different services include;

a first predefined format specification corresponding to a multilevel assessment scheme having two levels for a first service, and a second predefined format specification corresponding to another multilevel assessment scheme having more than two levels for a second service.

16. The motor vehicle according to claim 15, further comprising a storage unit to store the data record and/or the identification information identifying the data record together with the first assessment information and/or the plurality of items of formatted assessment information, the storage unit being connected to the evaluation unit.

17. A system to provide formatted assessment information associated with a data record, comprising:

an input unit permanently installed in a motor vehicle to detect a user specification;

a portable communication device connected to the input unit, to;

automatically generate first assessment information based on the user specification,

derive a plurality of items of formatted assessment information associated with the data record, the plurality of items of formatted assessment information being derived from the first assessment information, the plurality of items of formatted assessment information having formats corresponding to predefined format specifications of respective different services, each predefined format specification being with regard to a multilevel assessment scheme of the respective different service, each multilevel assessment scheme having a plurality of assessment levels, and

transmit the data record and/or information identifying the data record to the different services together with the first assessment information and/or the plurality of items of formatted assessment information,

wherein the predefined format specifications of respective different services include;

a first predefined format specification corresponding to a multilevel assessment scheme having two levels for a first service, and a second predefined format specification corresponding to another multilevel assessment scheme having more than two levels for a second service.

18. The system according to claim 17, wherein the input unit is connected to the portable communication device in a wired and wireless manner.

19. The system according to claim 17, wherein the input unit is designed for voice detection.