Enabling and disabling low energy, short-range wireless communication modules
First Claim
1. A system, comprising:
- a vehicle; and
a vehicle communications platform operatively disposed in the vehicle and in communication with a server, the vehicle communications platform having a low energy, short-range wireless communication module having a maximum power consumption of fifteen milliamps and having a communication range of one hundred meters, the low energy, short-range wireless communication module including;
an advertising ON mode enabling the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to broadcast an advertising event to establish a short-range wireless communication link with a wireless device, wherein the advertising ON mode is triggered when i) first vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at a position associated with an advertising OFF mode; and
ii) first position data of a wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is within a preset range of the vehicle; and
the advertising OFF mode inhibiting the low energy, short-range wireless communication module from broadcasting the advertising event, wherein the advertising OFF mode is triggered when at least one of i) second vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is at the position associated with the advertising OFF mode;
or ii) second position data of the wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is not within the preset range of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A system includes a vehicle communications platform (VCP) operatively disposed in a vehicle and in communication with a server. The VCP has a low energy, short-range wireless communication module, including advertising ON and OFF modes. The advertising ON mode enables the module to broadcast an advertising event, and is triggered when i) vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at its garage address or ii) wireless device position data indicates that the wireless device is within a preset range of the vehicle. The advertising OFF mode inhibits the module from broadcasting the advertising event, and is triggered when i) vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is at its garage address or ii) wireless device position data indicates that the wireless device is not within the preset range of the vehicle.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a vehicle; and a vehicle communications platform operatively disposed in the vehicle and in communication with a server, the vehicle communications platform having a low energy, short-range wireless communication module having a maximum power consumption of fifteen milliamps and having a communication range of one hundred meters, the low energy, short-range wireless communication module including; an advertising ON mode enabling the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to broadcast an advertising event to establish a short-range wireless communication link with a wireless device, wherein the advertising ON mode is triggered when i) first vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at a position associated with an advertising OFF mode; and
ii) first position data of a wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is within a preset range of the vehicle; andthe advertising OFF mode inhibiting the low energy, short-range wireless communication module from broadcasting the advertising event, wherein the advertising OFF mode is triggered when at least one of i) second vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is at the position associated with the advertising OFF mode;
or ii) second position data of the wireless device received from the server indicates that the wireless device is not within the preset range of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer-implemented method for enabling or inhibiting low energy, short-range wireless communication advertisements, comprising:
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receiving, via a processor, vehicle position data for a vehicle; comparing, via the processor, the received vehicle position data with a position associated with an advertising OFF mode; triggering, via the processor, a low energy, short-range wireless communication module of a vehicle communications platform to enter an advertising ON mode when the position data indicates that the vehicle is not at the position associated with the advertising OFF mode, wherein the vehicle communications platform broadcasts an advertising event to establish a short-range wireless communication link with a wireless device upon entering the advertising ON mode, the short-range wireless communication module having a maximum power consumption of fifteen milliamps and having a communication range of one hundred meters; and triggering, via the processor, the low energy, short-range wireless communication module of the vehicle communications platform to enter the advertising OFF mode when the position data indicates that the vehicle is at the position associated with the advertising OFF mode. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for enabling or inhibiting low energy, short-range wireless communication advertisements from a low energy, short-range wireless communication module of a vehicle communications platform of vehicle, comprising:
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receiving, at a processor, position data from a wireless device outside of the vehicle; comparing, via the processor, the received position data from the wireless device with a preset range; triggering, via the processor, the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to enter an advertising ON mode when the position data indicates that the wireless device is within the preset range and vehicle position data indicates that the vehicle is not at a position associated with an advertising OFF mode, wherein the vehicle communications platform broadcasts an advertising event to establish a short-range wireless communication link with a wireless device upon entering the advertising ON mode; and triggering, via the processor, the low energy, short-range wireless communication module to enter the advertising OFF mode when the position data indicates that the wireless device is outside the preset range, the low energy, short-range wireless communication module having a maximum power consumption of fifteen milliamps and having a communication range of one hundred meters. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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