Systems and methods for real-time, selective and event-driven data model to feed services and applications for access points including access points related to autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles in a network of moving things

• US 10,498,600 B2
• Filed: 10/24/2017
• Issued: 12/03/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2017
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nexar Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Veniam Inc.
• Inventors: Ramos de Azevedo, Joao Luis Mineiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Phan, Man U
• Application Number:
  US15/791,835
• Publication Number:
  US 20180227177A1
• Time in Patent Office: 770 Days
• Field of Search: 370254, 370408, 370469
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096775 where the origin of the information is a central station
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0816 the condition being an adaptation, e.g. in response to network events
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• 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 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/40 for vehicles, e.g. vehicle-to-pedestrians [V2P]

Abstract

Communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a network of mobile nodes. As a non-limiting example, various aspects of this disclosure provide communication network architectures, systems, and methods for supporting a dynamically configurable communication network comprising a complex array of both static and moving communication nodes (e.g., the Internet of moving things) including a real-time, event-driven data model. The disclosure can relate to access points, including those related to autonomous and non-autonomous vehicles.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a server, comprising an event driven model, configured to perform;

communication with a mobile access point (MAP) associated with a vehicle;

downloading of rules corresponding to the event driven model to the MAP; and

requesting, according to the rules corresponding to the event driven model, of at least one event report from the MAP,

wherein the server is configured to determine a timeout occurred when;

a pre-determined time has elapsed without the server receiving a second event report from the MAP after receiving a first event report from the MAP;

or

a pre-determined time has elapsed without the server receiving an event report from the MAP after requesting the event report from the MAP.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to perform reception of the at least one event report from the MAP.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to perform sending of requests to the MAP to send event reports autonomously.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to perform sending of requests to the MAP to send event reports based on specific events.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to perform:

sending of a request to the MAP to send one or more detailed reports; and

sending of a request to the MAP to stop sending the one or more detailed reports.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the server is configured to perform generation of the event driven model based on one or both of:

previous events received from one or more MAPs; and

indirect sources of information.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the indirect sources of information comprise one or more of:

user logins;

traffic data;

Wi-Fi logins; and

on-board diagnostic data for the vehicle.

8. A method comprising:

communicating, by a server, an event driven model with a mobile access point (MAP) associated with a vehicle, wherein the communication comprises;

downloading, by the server, rules corresponding to the event driven model to the MAP;

requesting, by the server, at least one event report from the MAP; and

determining, by the server, an occurrence of a timeout, wherein the timeout occurs due to one of;

a pre-determined time has elapsed without the server receiving a second event report from the MAP after receiving a first event report from the MAP; and

a pre-determined time has elapsed without the server receiving an event report from the MAP after requesting the event report from the MAP.

9. The method of claim 8, comprising receiving, by the server, the at least one event report from the MAP.

10. The method of claim 8, comprising sending requests by the server to the MAP to send the at least one event report autonomously according to the rules.

11. The method of claim 8, comprising sending requests by the server to the MAP to send the at least one event report based on specific events according to the rules.

12. The method of claim 8, comprising one or both of:

sending, by the server, a request to the MAP to send one or more detailed reports; and

sending, by the server, a request to the MAP to stop sending the one or more detailed reports.

13. The method of claim 8, comprising generating, by the server, the event driven model based on one or both of:

previous events received from one or more MAPs; and

indirect sources of information.

14. The method of claim 13, wherein the indirect sources of information comprise one or more of:

user logins;

traffic data;

Wi-Fi logins; and

on-board diagnostic data for the vehicle.

15. A method comprising:

communicating, by a mobile access point (MAP) associated with a vehicle, with a server comprising an event driven model, wherein the communication comprises;

receiving, from the server, rules corresponding to the event driven model;

sending, according to the rules, at least one event report to the server; and

receiving, from the server, an occurrence of a timeout, wherein the timeout occurs due to one of;

a pre-determined time has elapsed without the MAP transmitting a second event report after the MAP transmitted a first event report; and

a pre-determined time has elapsed without the MAP transmitting an event report after receiving, by the MAP, from the server, the event report request.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the communication comprises sending, by the MAP, one or more detailed reports to the server.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the communication comprises sending, by the MAP, the at least one event report to the server autonomously according to the rules.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the communication comprises sending, by the MAP, the at least one event report to the server based on specific events according to the rules.