On-demand performance of an action associated with a vehicle

• US 9,501,931 B1
• Filed: 05/13/2015
• Issued: 11/22/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 05/13/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Verizon Patent and Licensing Incorporated (Verizon Communications Inc.)
• Inventors: Lui, Danny C., Guven, Musa Kazim, Nacer, Jeremy
• Primary Examiner(s): Swarthout, Brent
• Application Number:
  US14/711,015
• Publication Number:
  US 20160335895A1
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• Field of Search: 340/989, 340/426.1, 340/426.11, 340/426.19
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 25/24 using electronic identifiers containing a code not memorised by the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/0833 Tracking
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/005 including pedestrian guidance indicator
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/205 Indicating the location of the monitored vehicles as destination, e.g. accidents, stolen, rental

Abstract

A device may detect a trigger associated with a vehicle. The device may determine registration information, associated with the vehicle, based on detecting the trigger. The registration information may include information associated with a user device associated with the vehicle. The device may determine that the user device is not within a particular distance of the vehicle. The device may provide, to the user device and based on determining that the user device is not within the particular distance of the vehicle, an alert associated with the vehicle. The alert may be provided via a communications network. The device may determine, after providing the alert to the user device, that an action, associated with the vehicle, is to be performed. The device may cause the action, associated with the vehicle, to be performed.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

one or more processors to;

detect a trigger associated with a vehicle;

determine registration information of a user device, associated with the vehicle and communicable with a communication device of the vehicle, based on detecting the trigger,

the registration information including;

at least one of a number or address of the user device, and

information for determining whether the user device is determined to be within a particular distance of the vehicle;

determine whether the user device is within the particular distance of the vehicle based on the registration information;

selectively provide, to the user device, an alert associated with the vehicle,

the alert being provided via a communications network, and

the alert being provided to the user device based on determining that the user device is not within the particular distance of the vehicle;

determine, after providing the alert to the user device, that an action, associated with the vehicle, is to be performed; and

cause the action, associated with the vehicle, to be performed.

2. The device of claim 1, where the trigger includes at least one of:

an ignition event associated with the vehicle;

a non-zero speed event associated with the vehicle;

a motion event associated with the vehicle;

or

a location change event associated with the vehicle.

3. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive the registration information,

the registration information being received based on user input; and

where the one or more processors, when determining the registration information, are to;

determine the registration information based on the received registration information.

4. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

provide a query to the user device; and

where the one or more processors, when determining whether the user device is within the particular distance of the vehicle, are to;

determine that the user device is not within the particular distance of the vehicle based on failing to receive a response to the query within threshold amount of time of providing the query.

5. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

receive a response to the alert,

the response being based on user input and being received via the communications network, and

the response indicating that the vehicle is to be tracked; and

where the one or more processors, when determining that the action, associated with the vehicle, is to be performed, are to;

determine that the vehicle is to be tracked based on the response to the alert.

6. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors are further to:

periodically provide, via the communications network, location information associated with tracking the vehicle.

7. The device of claim 1, where the one or more processors, when determining that the action is to be performed, are to:

determine that the action is to be performed based failing to receive a response to the alert within a threshold amount of time after providing the alert.

8. A computer-readable medium storing instructions, the instructions comprising:

one or more instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, cause the one or more processors to;

detect a trigger associated with a vehicle;

determine registration information of a user device, associated with the vehicle and communicable with a communication device of the vehicle, based on detecting the trigger,

the registration information including;

at least one of a number or address of the user device,

information for determining whether the user device is within a particular distance of the vehicle, and

information identifying a set of user devices associated with the vehicle;

determine whether a user device, of the set of user devices, is within a particular communication range associated with the vehicle based on the registration information;

selectively provide, to at least one user device, of the set of user devices, an alert associated with the vehicle,

the alert being provided based on determining that no user device, of the set of user devices, is within the particular communication range associated with the vehicle, and

the alert being provided via a communications network;

determine, after providing the alert to the at least one user device, that an action, associated with the vehicle, is to be performed; and

cause the action, associated with the vehicle, to be performed.

9. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive registration information associated with the set of user devices,

the registration information being received based on user input and including information associated with the set of user devices; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine the registration information, cause the one or more processors to;

determine the registration information based on receiving the registration information.

10. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide a set of queries to the set of user devices,

a query, of the set of queries, being provided to a user device of the set of user devices; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine whether a user device, of the set of user devices, is within the particular communication range associated with the vehicle, cause the one or more processors to;

determine that no user device, of the set of user devices, is within the particular communication range associated with the vehicle based on failing to receive a response to any query, of the set of queries, within a threshold amount of time after providing the set of queries.

11. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

receive a response to the alert via the communications network,

the response including a first passcode associated with the at least one user device;

determine that the first passcode matches a second passcode associated with the at least one user device,

the second passcode being included in the registration information; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine that the action, associated with the vehicle, is to be performed, cause the one or more processors to;

determine that the action is to be performed based on the response to the alert.

12. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine that the action is to be performed, cause the one or more processors to:

determine that the action is to be performed based failing to receive a response to the alert within a threshold amount of time after providing the alert.

13. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

provide, after failing to receive a response to the alert within a threshold amount of time after providing the alert, another alert to another user device of the set of user devices,

the other alert being provided via the communications network; and

receive a response to the other alert via the communications network; and

where the one or more instructions, that cause the one or more processors to determine that the action is to be performed, cause the one or more processors to;

determine that the action is to be performed based on receiving the response to the other alert.

14. The computer-readable medium of claim 8, where the one or more instructions, when executed by the one or more processors, further cause the one or more processors to:

periodically provide, via the communications network, location information associated with tracking the vehicle.

15. A method, comprising:

detecting, by a device, a trigger associated with a vehicle;

determining, by the device and based on detecting the trigger, registration information of a user device,

the user device being associated with the vehicle and communicable with a communication device of the vehicle,

the registration information including;

at least one of a number or address of the user device,

information that identifies the user device associated with the vehicle, and

information for determining whether the user device is in proximity of the vehicle;

determining, by the device, whether the user device is in proximity to the vehicle based on the registration information;

selectively sending, by the device, an alert associated with the vehicle,

the alert being sent to the user device based on determining that the user device is not in proximity to the vehicle;

determining, by the device and after sending the alert to the user device, that the vehicle is to be tracked; and

sending, by the device, location information associated with tracking the vehicle.

16. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving the registration information based on user input; and

where determining the registration information comprises;

determining the registration information based on the received registration information.

17. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending a query to the user device; and

where determining whether the user device is in proximity to the vehicle comprises;

determining that the user device is not in proximity to the vehicle based on failing to receive a response to the query within a threshold amount of time after sending the query.

18. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

receiving a response to the alert,

the response being based on user input, and

the response indicating that the vehicle is to be tracked; and

where determining that the vehicle is to be tracked comprises;

determining that the vehicle is to be tracked based on the response to the alert.

19. The method of claim 15, where determining that the vehicle is to be tracked comprises:

determining that the vehicle is to be tracked based on failing to receive a response to the alert within a threshold amount of time after sending the alert.

20. The method of claim 15, further comprising:

sending, after failing to receive a response to the alert within a threshold amount of time after sending the alert, another alert to the user device; and

receiving a response to the other alert; and

where determining that the vehicle is to be tracked comprises;

determining that the vehicle is to be tracked based on receiving the response to the other alert.