Vehicle installed mobile device and server for GPS services and task assignments
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1. A mobile device for telematics and user interaction, the mobile device comprising:
- a global positioning system (GPS) receiver circuitry;
the mobile device configured to be mounted inside a vehicle or fixed on the dashboard of the vehicle, the mobile device configured to interact over a telecommunications network or Internet with a coordination server;
a client software comprising a navigation component that interacts with the GPS receiver circuitry, the navigation component capable of providing directions to a destination to a user of the mobile device;
the client software in the mobile device monitors the behavior of the vehicle, the behavior of a driver of the vehicle and reports them to the coordination server, and, upon receiving a first task list from the coordination server in response, the client software subsequently presents it;
the client software monitors and facilitates reporting of problems detected in the vehicle, and sends notification and alerts to the coordination server, in response to which the client software receives from the coordination server and presents to the driver, a second task list of actions to take, with instructions to execute those actions and instructions to provide completion status; and
the client software monitors incomplete tasks on the first task list and the second task list, and alerts the driver if necessary.
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Abstract
Mobile device installed in a vehicle for communicating a current location and a current destination, to a coordination server, receiving a set of tasks (statically assigned or dynamically assigned) for the user (for example, from the server or from another user or adhoc tasks specified by a customer), displaying the set of tasks to the user, receiving a completion response (successful or unsuccessful) from the user, and proceeding to the next waypoint along a route/trip plan. A coordination server facilitates communication of a list of tasks dynamically and opportunistically assigned to a user to be performed at a specified location.
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1. A mobile device for telematics and user interaction, the mobile device comprising:
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a global positioning system (GPS) receiver circuitry; the mobile device configured to be mounted inside a vehicle or fixed on the dashboard of the vehicle, the mobile device configured to interact over a telecommunications network or Internet with a coordination server; a client software comprising a navigation component that interacts with the GPS receiver circuitry, the navigation component capable of providing directions to a destination to a user of the mobile device; the client software in the mobile device monitors the behavior of the vehicle, the behavior of a driver of the vehicle and reports them to the coordination server, and, upon receiving a first task list from the coordination server in response, the client software subsequently presents it; the client software monitors and facilitates reporting of problems detected in the vehicle, and sends notification and alerts to the coordination server, in response to which the client software receives from the coordination server and presents to the driver, a second task list of actions to take, with instructions to execute those actions and instructions to provide completion status; and the client software monitors incomplete tasks on the first task list and the second task list, and alerts the driver if necessary. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A server communicatively coupled to a first mobile device associated with or installed in a vehicle, the server capable of tracking location, movements, status and behavior of the vehicle, the server comprising:
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storage; at least one processor for communicating with the first mobile device over a telecommunications network or Internet, the at least one processor operable to, at least; receive a notification from a client software in the first mobile device, the notification indicating a current location and a current destination; determine that the vehicle is in proximity to and passing by a first customer'"'"'s location, and in response, retrieve the first customer'"'"'s personal list of tasks and assign, in an adhoc opportunistic manner, at least one of the tasks in the first customer'"'"'s personal list of tasks to the first mobile device for completion by an associated driver of the vehicle; and monitor partial or full completion of the assigned at least one of the tasks and report it to the first customer. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A GPS based telematics device installed in a vehicle comprising:
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a global positioning system (GPS) receiver circuitry; a client software in the GPS based telematics device configured to interact over a telecommunications network or Internet with a coordination server; the client software configured to interact with sensors in the vehicle and receive alerts and data from the sensors; wherein the alerts are related to water in the fuel tank, conditions detected in vehicle that cause irreparable damage, condition of struts, condition of brakes, status of an air conditioner unit and vehicle behavior; the client software of the GPS based telematics device configured to monitor and communicate a driver behavior to the coordination server; the client software of the GPS based telematics device configured to receive, when the vehicle is in proximity to and passing by a first customer'"'"'s location, the first customer'"'"'s personal list of tasks assigned by the coordination server, in an adhoc opportunistic manner, to the GPS based telematics device for completion by an associated driver of the vehicle; and the client software of the GPS based telematics device configured to communicate a completion statues personal list of tasks assigned, back to the coordination server. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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