Methods, systems and apparatus for determining whether any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred
First Claim
1. A method, comprising:
- inputting information into an application that executes at a consumer electronics device to activate a notification service at a processor of a vehicle, wherein the consumer electronics device is external to the vehicle and associated with an owner of the vehicle;
in response to receiving an indication that the notification service has been activated at the processor of the vehicle via the application that executes at the consumer electronics device;
activating a monitoring service, at the processor of the vehicle, that is configured to monitor for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred while the notification service is activated;
upon activation of the monitoring service, monitoring via the processor for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred;
determining, at the processor based on the notification preferences, whether the vehicle event that has occurred is to trigger an alert message;
generating an alert message at the processor when the processor determines that the vehicle event that has occurred is to trigger communication of the alert message; and
communicating the alert message to a remote computer.
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Abstract
Computer-implemented methods, systems and apparatus are disclosed for monitoring and reporting notification preferences. A processor of a vehicle determines whether any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred. The notification preferences can be defined by an owner of the vehicle and specify vehicle events that the owner wants to be monitored and reported. When the processor determines that any vehicle event specified in the notification preferences has occurred, the processor can store a record of the vehicle event (and any other vehicle events that occur) in a vehicle event detection log, and then regularly or periodically generate a notification report that includes records for each of the vehicle events that are stored in the vehicle event detection log. The notification report can then be communicated to a remote computer located outside the vehicle. In addition, some vehicle events can trigger generation and communication of an alert message to the remote computer.
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22 Claims
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1. A method, comprising:
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inputting information into an application that executes at a consumer electronics device to activate a notification service at a processor of a vehicle, wherein the consumer electronics device is external to the vehicle and associated with an owner of the vehicle; in response to receiving an indication that the notification service has been activated at the processor of the vehicle via the application that executes at the consumer electronics device;
activating a monitoring service, at the processor of the vehicle, that is configured to monitor for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred while the notification service is activated;upon activation of the monitoring service, monitoring via the processor for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred; determining, at the processor based on the notification preferences, whether the vehicle event that has occurred is to trigger an alert message; generating an alert message at the processor when the processor determines that the vehicle event that has occurred is to trigger communication of the alert message; and communicating the alert message to a remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A system, comprising:
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a remote computer; and a consumer electronics device external to the vehicle, associated with an owner of the vehicle, and being configured to;
execute an application that is configured to generate, in response to input information, a signal;a vehicle comprising a processor configured to; receive the signal generated by the application, and activate, in response to the signal, a notification service at the processor of the vehicle; activate, in response to receiving an indication that the notification service has been activated at the processor of the vehicle via the application that executes at the consumer electronics device, a monitoring service, at the processor of the vehicle, that is configured to monitor for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred while the notification service is activated; monitor, upon activation of the monitoring service, for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred; for each vehicle event that is determined to have occurred;
determine whether that vehicle event is to trigger an alert message from the processor; andgenerate the alert message when the processor determines that the vehicle event that has occurred that is to trigger communication of the alert message; and communicate the alert message to the remote computer. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A vehicle, comprising:
a processor configured to; receive a signal from a consumer electronics device, wherein the signal is generated in response to information input into an application that executes at the consumer electronics device, and wherein the consumer electronics device is external to the vehicle and associated with an owner of the vehicle; activate, in response to the signal, a notification service; activate, in response to receiving an indication that the notification service has been activated at the processor of the vehicle via the application that executes at the consumer electronics device, a monitoring service, at the processor of the vehicle, that is configured to monitor for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred while the notification service is activated; upon activation of the monitoring service;
monitor for indications that any vehicle events specified in notification preferences have occurred, wherein the notification preferences are set by an owner of the vehicle and specify vehicle events that the owner wants to be monitored and reported when a monitoring service is activated;when the processor determines that a vehicle event specified in the notification preferences has occurred;
determine, based on the notification preferences, whether the vehicle event that has occurred is to trigger an alert message from the processor;generate the alert message when the processor determines that the vehicle event is to trigger communication of the alert message; and communicate the alert message to a remote computer that is not part of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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