Connected services configurator

• US 9,820,108 B1
• Filed: 10/20/2015
• Issued: 11/14/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Allstate Insurance Company (Allstate Corporation)
• Inventors: Inciong, Sarah, Biemer, Edward A.
• Primary Examiner(s): Bhattacharya, Sam
• Application Number:
  US14/887,945
• Time in Patent Office: 756 Days
• Field of Search: 4554141, 455416, 701 296, 701400, 701408, 7014563, 705 1463, 705 35
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/55 Push-based network services
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72451 according to schedules, e.g. using calendar applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/027 using movement velocity, acceleration information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/44 for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H]

Abstract

A system may include a telematics device associated with a vehicle, a first computing device associated with a driver of the vehicle, and a server. The server may receive, from the telematics device or another device, driving behavior data, a vehicle location, and a time corresponding to the vehicle location, and parse data regarding a driver'"'"'s calendar in order to identify a scheduled meeting or event and a location and/or time associated therewith. Further, the server may estimate a time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the meeting or event location, determine whether or not the driver will be late to the meeting or event, and take action as appropriate.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a telematics device associated with a vehicle;

a first computing device associated with a driver of the vehicle; and

a server, comprising hardware including a processor and memory, the server configured to;

receive, from the telematics device, driving behavior data and a vehicle location for the vehicle;

parse data regarding a calendar of the driver to identify a scheduled event, an event location, and an event time;

based on the driving behavior data and the vehicle location, determine a route the vehicle is taking to the event location and a first estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location;

determine whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is before the event time;

in response to determining that the first estimated time of arrival is before the event time, determine, based on a task list and the route, a task location for performing a task on the task list;

determine, from task history information, a time it takes the driver to perform the task;

determine, based on the task location and the time it takes the driver to perform the task, a second estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location if the driver performs the task; and

transmit, to the first computing device, a notification indicating the task, the task location, and the second estimated time of arrival.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to:

in response to determining that a third estimated time of arrival at a location of a scheduled meeting is after a start time of the scheduled meeting, identify a phone number associated with the scheduled meeting; and

cause the first computing device to initiate a call by dialing the phone number associated with the scheduled meeting.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to:

identify an upcoming meeting;

analyze a driving history of the driver to determine an average time it takes the driver to reach a particular location associated with the upcoming meeting; and

based on the average time, notify the driver of a particular time that the driver should depart for the upcoming meeting to make it to the upcoming meeting on time.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is further configured to:

determine, at a particular time, that a scheduled meeting between the driver and a plurality of attendees is within a predefined period of time from the particular time;

in response to determining that the scheduled meeting is within the predefined period of time, determine that a third estimated time of arrival at a location of the scheduled meeting is after a start time of the scheduled meeting;

in response to determining that the third estimated time of arrival is after the start time of the scheduled meeting, identify contact information of the plurality of attendees; and

cause the first computing device to send, based on the contact information, a second notification to each of the plurality of attendees, wherein the second notification indicates that the driver will be late to the scheduled meeting.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the second notification further comprises the third estimated time of arrival.

6. The system of claim 4, wherein the second notification further comprises a request from the driver to reschedule the scheduled meeting to a later time.

7. The system of claim 1,

wherein the driving behavior data comprises real-time data that is collected by sensors in the vehicle while the driver is driving, and wherein the real-time data comprises at least one of a driving speed, an acceleration measurement, a braking measurement, a steering measurement, a number of miles driven for a trip, a road condition rating, or a trip duration, and

wherein determining the route and the first estimated time of arrival is further based on information indicating a past duration and a past route of a past driving trip that the driver made to the event location.

8. The system of claim 4, wherein the server is further configured to:

evaluate the calendar to determine a soonest time at which the driver is available after the third estimated time of arrival,

wherein the second notification comprises a proposal to reschedule the scheduled meeting for the soonest time.

9. An apparatus comprising:

at least one processor;

a network interface configured to communicate, via a network, with a telematics device and a first computing device associated with a driver; and

a memory storing computer-readable instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the apparatus to;

receive, from the telematics device, driving behavior data and a vehicle location for a vehicle being driven by the driver;

parse data regarding a calendar of the driver to identify a scheduled event, an event location, and an event time;

based on the driving behavior data and the vehicle location, determine a route the vehicle is taking to the event location and a first estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location;

determine whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is before the event time; and

in response to determining that the first estimated time of arrival is before the event time, determine, based on a task list and the route, a task location for performing a task on the task list;

determine, from task history information, a time it takes the driver to perform the task;

determine, based on the task location and the time it takes the driver to perform the task, a second estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location if the driver performs the task; and

transmit, to the first computing device, a notification indicating the task, the task location, and the second estimated time of arrival.

10. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein determining the route is further based on the scheduled event, the event location, and the event time identified by parsing the data regarding the calendar, and wherein determining the second estimated time of arrival comprises determining a modified route that directs the vehicle to the task location and then to the event and determining an amount of time that it takes to travel the modified route.

11. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the notification comprises an audio message and transmitting the notification causes the first computing device to play the audio message while the driver is driving.

12. The apparatus of claim 9,

wherein the instructions, when executed by the at least one processor, further cause the apparatus to determine a modified route that directs the vehicle to the task location and then to the event location, and

wherein the notification comprises an option for the driver to accept the modified route.

13. The apparatus of claim 9, wherein the driving behavior data is based on real-time data that is collected while the driver is driving and by a sensor coupled to the vehicle, and wherein the real-time data comprises a speed of the vehicle.

14. A method comprising:

receiving, from a telematics device associated with a vehicle, driving behavior data and a vehicle location for the vehicle;

evaluating, by one or more computing devices, a calendar of a driver of the vehicle to identify a scheduled event, an event location, and a start time of the scheduled event;

based on the driving behavior data and the vehicle location, determining, by the one or more computing devices, a route the vehicle is taking to the event location and a first estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location;

determining, by the one or more computing devices, whether the first estimated time of arrival at the event location is before the start time of the scheduled event; and

in response to determining that the first estimated time of arrival is before the start time, determining, based on a task list and the route, a task location for performing a task on the task list;

determining, from task history information, a time it takes the driver to perform the task;

determining, based on the task location and the time it takes the driver to perform the task, a second estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location if the driver performs the task; and

transmitting, to a first computing device associated with the driver, a notification indicating the task, the task location, and the second estimated time of arrival.

15. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

determining a modified route comprising driving directions for directing the vehicle to the task location and then to the event location,

wherein the notification comprises an option for the driver to accept the modified route.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein the task list comprises a shopping list and the task comprises purchasing an item on the shopping list.

17. The method of claim 14, further comprising:

after the driver performs the task, determining, by the one or more computing devices, that a third estimated time of arrival at which the vehicle will arrive at the event location is after the start time of the scheduled event;

in response to determining that the third estimated time of arrival is after the start time of the scheduled event, identifying, by the one or more computing devices, contact information of one or more parents who are not expected to be at the scheduled event but have a child at the scheduled event who is to participate in a carpool operated by the driver; and

sending, by the one or more computing devices using the contact information, a second notification to the one or more parents, wherein the second notification indicates that the driver will be late to the scheduled event.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the second notification further comprises the third estimated time of arrival.

19. The method of claim 17, further comprising:

in response to determining that the third estimated time of arrival is after the start time of the scheduled event, identifying additional contact information for a coach at the scheduled event; and

sending, using the additional contact information, a third wherein the notification comprising a request for the coach to stay with a child of the driver until the third estimated time of arrival.

20. The method of claim 14, wherein the driving behavior data comprises:

real-time data that is collected by at least one sensor in the vehicle while the driver is driving, and

driving history data indicating how long it has taken the driver to drive from the vehicle location to the event location in the past.