Wireless incentive system for vehicle users
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1. A method comprising:
- determining, by a mobile computing device programmed to perform the determining, a journey for a vehicle based on historical journey data including a most frequently traveled route for a current location of the vehicle at a current time;
receiving, from the vehicle, a current vehicle condition that is detrimental to operation of the vehicle;
transmitting a description of the current vehicle condition to a condition message provider;
receiving, from the condition message provider, a condition message that includes offer data and mitigating action plan data describing one or more steps configured to alter the current vehicle condition, the mitigating action plan data including an offer fulfillment location that is part of the journey and the offer data including an offer for a good or service associated with the offer fulfillment location;
displaying the offer data and the mitigating action plan data on a display of the mobile computing device; and
providing turn-by-turn navigation instructions during the journey from the current location to the offer fulfillment location.
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Abstract
The disclosure includes a system and method for determining, based on vehicle sensor data associated with the vehicle, a current vehicle condition that is detrimental to operation of the vehicle, transmitting, by a mobile computing device programmed to perform the transmitting, a description of the current vehicle condition to a condition message provider, and receiving a condition message that includes offer data and mitigating plan data describing one or more steps configured to alter the current vehicle condition.
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1. A method comprising:
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determining, by a mobile computing device programmed to perform the determining, a journey for a vehicle based on historical journey data including a most frequently traveled route for a current location of the vehicle at a current time; receiving, from the vehicle, a current vehicle condition that is detrimental to operation of the vehicle; transmitting a description of the current vehicle condition to a condition message provider; receiving, from the condition message provider, a condition message that includes offer data and mitigating action plan data describing one or more steps configured to alter the current vehicle condition, the mitigating action plan data including an offer fulfillment location that is part of the journey and the offer data including an offer for a good or service associated with the offer fulfillment location; displaying the offer data and the mitigating action plan data on a display of the mobile computing device; and providing turn-by-turn navigation instructions during the journey from the current location to the offer fulfillment location.
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2. A method comprising:
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determining a journey for a vehicle based on historical journey data; determining, based on vehicle sensor data associated with the vehicle, a current vehicle condition that is detrimental to operation of the vehicle; transmitting, by a mobile computing device programmed to perform the transmitting, a description of the current vehicle condition to a condition message provider; and receiving a condition message that includes offer data and mitigating action plan data describing one or more steps configured to alter the current vehicle condition, the mitigating action plan data including an offer fulfillment location included in a route of the journey and the offer data including an offer for a good or service associated with the offer fulfillment location. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processing device to perform or control performance of operations comprising:
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determining a journey for a vehicle based on historical journey data; determining, based on vehicle sensor data associated with a vehicle, a current vehicle condition that is detrimental to operation of the vehicle; transmitting, by a mobile computing device, a description of the current vehicle condition to a condition message provider; and receiving a condition message that includes offer data and mitigating action plan data describing one or more steps configured to alter the current vehicle condition, the mitigating action plan data including an offer fulfillment location included in a route of the journey and the offer data including an offer for a good or service associated with the offer fulfillment location. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising:
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a vehicle comprising a vehicle status application stored on an onboard computer of the vehicle, the vehicle status application including instructions that, when executed, cause the vehicle status application to; receive vehicle sensor data associated with the vehicle; determine, based on the vehicle sensor data, a current vehicle condition that is detrimental to operation of the vehicle; and detect a presence of a mobile computing device that is paired with the vehicle; and the mobile computing device comprising a journey application including instructions that, when executed, cause the journey application to; responsive to the mobile computing device being paired with the vehicle, receive a description of the current vehicle condition from the vehicle status application; determine a journey based on historical journey data; transmit the description of the current vehicle condition and the journey to a condition message provider; and receive a condition message from the condition message provider that includes offer data and mitigating action plan data comprising an offer fulfillment location that is included in a route of the journey and that mitigates the current vehicle condition.
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