Internet of things (IOT) automotive device, system, and method
First Claim
1. An automotive Internet of Things (loT) device to be configured within a car comprising:
- a wireless communication interface to take signal strength measurements to a mobile device, the signal strength measurements comprising signal strength values; and
a signal strength analysis and notification module to analyze the signal strength values from the mobile device to determine when the car is being operated without the mobile device present and to responsively generate a notification to the user;
wherein the notification is transmitted to an app or browser installed on the user'"'"'s mobile device, wherein the app or browser responsively generates an audible and/or visual notification; and
wherein the app or browser provides one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements to allow the user to disable the car in the event that the car has been stolen; and
an automotive system interface to communicatively couple the IoT device to an automotive control system in the car, wherein upon the user selecting a GUI element to disable the car, the mobile device transmits a disable command to the IoT device, which provides the disable command or a translated version of the disable command to the automotive control system to disable the car.
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Abstract
An apparatus and method are described for an automotive internet of things (IoT) system, apparatus, and method. For example, one embodiment of an automotive Internet of Things (IoT) device configured within a car comprises: a wireless communication interface to take signal strength measurements to a mobile device, the signal strength measurements comprising signal strength values; and a signal strength analysis and notification module to analyze the signal strength values from the mobile device to determine when the user has left his or her mobile device at home or at another location and to responsively generate a notification to the user.
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25 Claims
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1. An automotive Internet of Things (loT) device to be configured within a car comprising:
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a wireless communication interface to take signal strength measurements to a mobile device, the signal strength measurements comprising signal strength values; and a signal strength analysis and notification module to analyze the signal strength values from the mobile device to determine when the car is being operated without the mobile device present and to responsively generate a notification to the user; wherein the notification is transmitted to an app or browser installed on the user'"'"'s mobile device, wherein the app or browser responsively generates an audible and/or visual notification; and wherein the app or browser provides one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements to allow the user to disable the car in the event that the car has been stolen; and an automotive system interface to communicatively couple the IoT device to an automotive control system in the car, wherein upon the user selecting a GUI element to disable the car, the mobile device transmits a disable command to the IoT device, which provides the disable command or a translated version of the disable command to the automotive control system to disable the car. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method comprising:
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measuring signal strength from a mobile device to determine signal strength values; analyzing the signal strength values from the mobile device to determine when the user has left his or her mobile device at home or at another location; and responsively generating a notification to the user when it is determined that the user has left his or her mobile device at home; wherein the notification is transmitted to an app or browser installed on the user'"'"'s mobile device, wherein the app or browser responsively generates an audible and/or visual notification; wherein the app or browser provides one or more graphical user interface (GUI) elements to allow the user to disable the car in the event that the car has been stolen; wherein upon the user selecting a GUI element to disable the car, transmitting a disable command or a translated version of the disable command to an automotive control system to disable the car; and continuing to measure signal strength to the user device and only transmitting the disable command to the automotive control system when the signal strength has reached a specified low threshold value. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. An automotive Internet of Things (loT) device to be configured within a car comprising:
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a wireless communication interface to take signal strength measurements to a mobile device, the signal strength measurements comprising signal strength values; a signal strength analysis and notification module to analyze the signal strength values from the mobile device to determine when the user has left his or her mobile device at home or at another location and to responsively generate a notification to the user; and wherein the signal strength analysis and notification module is further configured to measure signal strength from one or more IoT devices configured in a the user'"'"'s home and to analyze the signal strength values to determine whether the user is at home or away from home. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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