Transport communication pairing

• US 9,846,047 B1
• Filed: 05/23/2017
• Issued: 12/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
• Original Assignee: Open Invention Network LLC
• Inventors: Ledet, David Gerard
• Primary Examiner(s): Marc, McDieunel
• Application Number:
  US15/603,152
• Time in Patent Office: 210 Days
• Field of Search: 701256, 701301, 340905, 4554041, 4554563
• CPC Class Codes: B60K 35/10 Input arrangements, i.e. from user to vehicle, associated with vehicle functions or specially adapted therefor
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 11/20 Tandem, side-by-side, or other multiple master cylinder units
• CPC Class Codes: B60T 7/06 Disposition of pedal
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/02 including control of driveline clutches
• CPC Class Codes: B60W 10/18 including control of braking systems
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/34 Route searching; Route guidance
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04J 3/00 Time-division multiplex systems H04J14/00 takes precedence; relay systems H04B7/14; selecting techniques H04Q
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/413 with random access, e.g. carrier-sense multiple-access with collision detection [CSMA-CD]
• 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: H04W 12/06 Authentication
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 76/40 for selective distribution or broadcast
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 88/02 Terminal devices

Abstract

A method, apparatus and non-transitory computer readable storage medium, in one embodiment, associating at least one wireless device and at least one user, requesting audio information from at least one remote source by the at least one wireless device, receiving the audio information from the remote source, broadcasting an audio identifier to the at least one wireless device, using the audio information, authenticating the association between the at least one wireless device and at least one transport, based on the audio information, determining at least one characteristic of the at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection and determining at least one probable route of the at least one transport based on the at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

Claims

1. A method, comprising:

broadcasting an audio identifier to at least one wireless device;

determining, by a processor, at least one characteristic of at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection; and

determining, by the processor, at least one probable route of at least one transport based on said at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising enabling said at least one wireless device and said at least one transport to communicate through audio signals using audible frequencies.

3. The method of claim 1, comprising receiving, by the least one wireless device, audio information from at least one remote source, wherein said audio information comprises encoding said audio information into said audio identifier.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein said audio information comprises said audio identifier.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein said at least one wireless device comprises a handheld device.

6. The method of claim 3, wherein said audio information comprises encoding said audio information using a frequency shift keying method.

7. The method of claim 1, further comprising ranking at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

8. The method of claim 1, further comprising analyzing said at least one user search history to determine at least one of at least one user hobby, at least one user sport, at least one user group and at least one user interest.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising rating at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

10. The method of claim 1, further comprising determining at least one user location.

11. An apparatus, comprising:

a processor configured to;

broadcast an audio identifier to at least one wireless device;

determine at least one characteristic of at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection; and

determine at least one probable route of at least one transport based on said at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

12. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further ranks at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

13. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further rates at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

14. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein said processor further enables said at least one wireless device and said at least one transport to communicate through audio signals that utilizes audible frequencies.

15. The apparatus of claim 11, wherein the at least one wireless device receives audio information from at least one remote source, wherein said processor further encodes said audio information into said audio identifier.

16. The apparatus of claim 15, wherein said audio information comprises said audio identifier.

17. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium configured to store instructions that when executed causes a processor to perform:

broadcasting an audio identifier to at least one wireless device;

determining, by a processor, at least one characteristic of at least one user based on at least one of at least one user search history and at least one user preference selection; and

determining, by the processor, at least one probable route of at least one transport based on said at least one characteristic and at least one of at least one route history and at least one input destination.

18. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said processor is further configured to perform ranking at least one suggestion of at least one route deviation based at least on said at least one characteristic and determined at least one probable route.

19. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein said processor is further configured to perform enabling said at least one wireless device and said at least one transport to communicate through audio signals using audible frequencies.

20. The non-transitory computer readable storage medium of claim 17, wherein the at least one wireless device receives audio information from at least one remote source and wherein the processor further encodes said audio information into said audio identifier.