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Broadcasting information related to hazards impacting vehicle travel

  • US 9,842,496 B1
  • Filed: 01/07/2016
  • Issued: 12/12/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/20/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system of broadcasting information related to hazards impacting vehicle travel, the system comprising:

  • a mobile computing device configured to;

    mount within a vehicle dashboard cradle so that the mobile computing device is positioned to take images forward of a vehicle;

    collect telematics data of the vehicle when the vehicle is moving and the mobile computing device is mounted within the vehicle dashboard cradle, the telematics data including Global Positioning System (GPS) location data, speed data, at least one of direction data or heading data, braking data, cornering data, and at least one of acceleration data or deceleration data of the vehicle;

    generate at least one of (1) an alert based upon the telematics data and the images, or (2) broadcasting data including the images and the telematics data;

    broadcast the at least one of the alert or the broadcasting data to at least one of (1) at least one nearby vehicle or (2) at least one smart infrastructure component via wireless communication or data transmission to warn at least one of drivers or smart vehicles of at least one of hazardous conditions or vehicle accidents upon the at least one of the at least one nearby vehicle or the at least one smart infrastructure component receiving and processing the at least one of the alert or the broadcasting data; and

    cause an insurance provider remote server to at least one of adjust or generate an insurance discount associated with the vehicle for display to an insured customer associated with the vehicle via the mobile computing device in response to the mobile computing device being configured to (1) determine a relevance of an identified anomaly based upon whether a location of the identified anomaly as determined based upon the telematics data and the images is within a threshold distance of a current location of the vehicle, and (2) generate and broadcast the at least one of (i) the alert based upon the telematics data and the images, or (ii) the broadcasting data including the images and the telematics data so as to incentivize the insured customer to facilitate warning at least one of drivers or smart vehicles of at least one of hazardous conditions or vehicle accidents.

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