Reward system related to a vehicle-to-vehicle communication system
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1. An autonomous droning reward system comprising:
- a vehicle operational data collector, wherein the vehicle operational data collector is configured to collect driving data from at least one of vehicle sensors, vehicle On-Board diagnostics systems (OBD) systems, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems; and
an autonomous droning reward device, comprisinga processing unit comprising at least one computer processor;
a memory unit; and
a wireless receiver;
wherein the autonomous droning reward device is configured to;
receive, via the wireless receiver, the driving data;
determine, from the driving data, whether a lead vehicle is in an autonomous droning relationship with a following vehicle, wherein the lead vehicle is in the autonomous droning relationship with the following vehicle so long as the lead vehicle transmits commands to the following vehicle and the following vehicle uses the commands to follow the lead vehicle and automate driving based on the driving of the lead vehicle;
calculate a reward amount based on at least an amount of distance traveled while the lead vehicle is in the autonomous droning relationship with the following vehicle;
determine an account associated with the lead vehicle; and
credit the account associated with the lead vehicle by the reward amount.
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Abstract
System and methods are disclosed for determining, through vehicle-to-vehicle communication, whether vehicles are involved in autonomous droning. Vehicle driving data and other information may be used to calculate a autonomous droning reward amount. In addition, vehicle involved in a drafting relationship in addition to, or apart from, an autonomous droning relationship may be financially rewarded. Moreover, aspects of the disclosure related to determining ruminative rewards and/or aspects of vehicle insurance procurement/underwriting.
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1. An autonomous droning reward system comprising:
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a vehicle operational data collector, wherein the vehicle operational data collector is configured to collect driving data from at least one of vehicle sensors, vehicle On-Board diagnostics systems (OBD) systems, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems; and an autonomous droning reward device, comprising a processing unit comprising at least one computer processor; a memory unit; and a wireless receiver; wherein the autonomous droning reward device is configured to; receive, via the wireless receiver, the driving data; determine, from the driving data, whether a lead vehicle is in an autonomous droning relationship with a following vehicle, wherein the lead vehicle is in the autonomous droning relationship with the following vehicle so long as the lead vehicle transmits commands to the following vehicle and the following vehicle uses the commands to follow the lead vehicle and automate driving based on the driving of the lead vehicle; calculate a reward amount based on at least an amount of distance traveled while the lead vehicle is in the autonomous droning relationship with the following vehicle; determine an account associated with the lead vehicle; and credit the account associated with the lead vehicle by the reward amount. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a wireless receiver of an autonomous droning reward device, driving data collected by a vehicle operational data collector, wherein the vehicle operational data collector is configured to collect the driving data from at least one of vehicle sensors, vehicle On-Board diagnostics systems (OBD) systems, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication systems; determining, by a processing unit of the autonomous droning reward device and from the driving data, whether a lead vehicle is in an autonomous droning relationship with a following vehicle, wherein the lead vehicle is in the autonomous droning relationship with the following vehicle so long as the lead vehicle transmits commands to the following vehicle such that the following vehicle uses the commands to follow the lead vehicle and automate driving based on the driving of the lead vehicle; calculating, by a processing unit of the autonomous droning reward device, a reward amount based on at least an amount of distance traveled while the lead vehicle is in the autonomous droning relationship with the following vehicle; and crediting the reward amount to one or more accounts associated with at least one of the lead vehicle and the following vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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