Mobile alert system
First Claim
1. An alert system comprising:
- a processing and communication unit located in a vehicle and having a processor executing software from a non-transitory medium and a coupled data repository;
a plurality of sensor interfaces to the processor interfacing to a plurality of sensors located at a variety of locations in the vehicle;
an Internet-connected server executing by a processor server software from an non-transitory medium;
a communication module coupled to the processor and enabled to at least send communications to at least the server storing a plurality of communication destinations;
a global positioning system (GPS) coupled to the processor, determining geographic location of the vehicle;
wherein the processor monitors data from the plurality of sensors, consults preprogrammed status information based on one or both of one or more sensor readings, and selects and sends, a preprogrammed communication to the server including at least the status information as well as GPS location and the server creates an alert communication including the GPS location, a determined alert level from a plurality of alert levels based upon the status information, a response time window unique to the determined alert level, and communicates the alert to one or more of the communication destinations requesting assistance, and in the event the alert communication is not acknowledged from the communication destinations and assistance cannot reach the GPS location within the time window, the server determines additional destinations at or proximate to the GPS location and forwards the alert communication to the additional destinations.
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Abstract
An alert system has a processing and communication unit located in a vehicle with a processor executing software and a coupled data repository, sensor interfaces to the processor from sensors located in the vehicle, a communication module enabled to send communications to an Internet network, and a global positioning system (GPS) coupled to the processor, determining geographic location of the vehicle. The processor monitors data from the plurality of sensors, consults preprogrammed status information based on one or both of one or more sensor readings or combinations of sensor readings, and selects and sends according to the one or more sensor readings or combinations of sensor readings, by the communications module, a preprogrammed communication addressed to a particular Internet destination.
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15 Claims
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1. An alert system comprising:
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a processing and communication unit located in a vehicle and having a processor executing software from a non-transitory medium and a coupled data repository; a plurality of sensor interfaces to the processor interfacing to a plurality of sensors located at a variety of locations in the vehicle; an Internet-connected server executing by a processor server software from an non-transitory medium; a communication module coupled to the processor and enabled to at least send communications to at least the server storing a plurality of communication destinations; a global positioning system (GPS) coupled to the processor, determining geographic location of the vehicle; wherein the processor monitors data from the plurality of sensors, consults preprogrammed status information based on one or both of one or more sensor readings, and selects and sends, a preprogrammed communication to the server including at least the status information as well as GPS location and the server creates an alert communication including the GPS location, a determined alert level from a plurality of alert levels based upon the status information, a response time window unique to the determined alert level, and communicates the alert to one or more of the communication destinations requesting assistance, and in the event the alert communication is not acknowledged from the communication destinations and assistance cannot reach the GPS location within the time window, the server determines additional destinations at or proximate to the GPS location and forwards the alert communication to the additional destinations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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