System and method for a unified connected network

• US 10,887,155 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2015
• Issued: 01/05/2021
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Keerthi, Kishore, Chintalapoodi, Pramod, Tanaka, Sho
• Primary Examiner(s): Mott, Genna M
• Application Number:
  US14/984,636
• Publication Number:
  US 20170195166A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,833 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/3484 Personalized, e.g. from learned user behaviour or user-defined profiles
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/096811 where the route is computed offboard
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/06 Management of faults, events, alarms or notifications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/04 Processing captured monitoring data, e.g. for logfile generation
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/10 in which an application is distributed across nodes in the network software deployment G06F8/60; multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46
• 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 67/51 Discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/52 specially adapted for the location of the user terminal
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/535 Tracking the activity of the user network monitoring arrangements H04L43/00; recording of computer activity G06F11/34

Abstract

Various aspects of a system and method to provide a unified connected network are disclosed herein. The system comprises a server communicatively coupled to an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle and a first set of electronic devices. Upon detection of an event, the server receives a first set of data from the ECU and/or a second set of data from the first set of electronic devices associated with a plurality of services. The server extracts information from the received first set and/or the second set of data, based on analysis of the received first set and/or the second set of data. The server further determines one or more responses that correspond to the detected event, based on the extracted information. The server further transmits the determined one or more responses to a second set of electronic devices associated with the plurality of services.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a server, wherein

one or more circuits in said server are configured to;

receive a first set of data from an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle based on detection of an event, wherein

said event is detected by said ECU, and

said first set of data comprises breakdown information associated with breakdown of said vehicle;

receive a second set of data from a database, based on said reception of said first set of data, wherein

said second set of data comprises an operating parameter of a first electronic device of a first set of electronic devices,

said database is external to each of said server and said vehicle,

each of said first set of electronic devices is associated with at least one service of a plurality of services,

said first electronic device is associated with a home automation service of said plurality of services, and

said database is associated with said at least one service;

extract specific information from said first set of data and said second set of data, based on analysis of said first set of data and said second set of data;

determine a response corresponding to said event, based on said specific information;

generate a control instruction based on said determined response, wherein said control instruction is generated when a user permission is required to change said operating parameter of said first electronic device; and

transmit said generated control instruction to a second electronic device of one of said first set of electronic devices or a second set of electronic devices.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein said determined response corresponds to a time to one of switch ON said first electronic device or switch OFF said first electronic device.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more circuits are further configured to transmit said determined response to said vehicle via an established communication channel.

4. The system according to claim 1, wherein said second set of electronic devices are controllable by said at least one service of said plurality of services based on said determined response and an advisory application.

5. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more circuits are further configured to:

trigger a first service of said plurality of services; and

generate recommendations corresponding to said first service based on said determined response.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein

said one or more circuits are further configured to trigger a second service of said plurality of services based on said determined response, and

said second service controls at least one of said vehicle or said first set of electronic devices to present said recommendations on a user interface.

7. The system according to claim 1, wherein

said one or more circuits are further configured to trigger a service of said plurality of services,

said service corresponds to an action based on said control instruction, and

said action corresponds to said determined response based on said control instruction.

8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said control instruction comprises at least one of a set of user-defined permissions, a set of stored user preferences corresponding to a user, or a user input.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more circuits are further configured to customize said determined response based on said first set of data received from said ECU.

10. The system according to claim 1, wherein said one or more circuits are further configured to render personalized user interfaces for at least one electronic device of said first set of electronic devices.

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein said first set of data further comprises at least Global Positioning Satellite (GPS) coordinates of said vehicle.

12. The system according to claim 1, wherein

said plurality of services corresponds to cloud-based services, and

said cloud-based services correspond to at least one of automotive services, banking services, E-commerce services, home automation services, health-care services, location-based services, Information and Technology (IT) services, or infrastructure-based services.

13. The system according to claim 1, wherein said extraction of said specific information is based on a machine-learning algorithm.

14. A method, comprising:

in a server;

receiving a first set of data from an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle, based on detection of an event, wherein

said event is detected by said ECU, and

said first set of data comprises breakdown information associated with breakdown of said vehicle;

receiving a second set of data from a database, based on said reception of said first set of data, wherein

said second set of data comprises an operating parameter of a first electronic device of a first set of electronic devices,

said database is external to each of said server and said vehicle,

each of said first set of electronic devices is associated with at least one service of a plurality of services,

said first electronic device is associated with a home automation service of said plurality of services, and

said database is associated with said at least one service;

extracting specific information from said first set of data and said second set of data, based on analysis of said first set of data and said second set of data;

determining a response corresponding to said event, based on said specific information;

generating a control instruction based on said determined response, wherein said control instruction is generated when a user permission is required to change said operating parameter of said first electronic device; and

transmitting said generated control instruction to a second electronic device of one of said first set of electronic devices or a second set of electronic devices.

15. The method according to claim 14, wherein said second set of electronic devices are controllable by said at least one service based on said determined response and an advisory application.

16. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon computer-executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause said computer to execute operations, said operations comprising:

receiving a first set of data from an electronic control unit (ECU) of a vehicle based on detection of an event, wherein

said event is detected by said ECU,

and

said first set of data comprises breakdown information associated with breakdown of said vehicle;

receiving a second set of data from a database, based on said reception of said first set of data, wherein

said second set of data comprises an operating parameter of a first electronic device of a first set of electronic devices,

said database is external to each of said server and said vehicle,

each of said first set of electronic devices is associated with at least one service of a plurality of services,

said first electronic device is associated with a home automation service of said plurality of services,

and

said database is associated with said at least one service;

extracting specific information from said first set of data and said second set of data, based on analysis of said first set of data and said second set of data;

determining a response corresponding to said event, based on said specific information;

generating a control instruction based on said determined response, wherein said control instruction is generated when a user permission is required to change said operating parameter of said first electronic device; and

transmitting said generated control instruction to a second electronic device of one of said first set of electronic devices or a second set of electronic devices.

17. A vehicle, comprising:

a battery;

a display device configured to be powered by said battery;

one or more circuits; and

an electronic control unit (ECU) configured to;

detect an event; and

control said one or more circuits, wherein said one or more circuits are configured to;

generate a first set of data based on said event, wherein said first set of data comprises breakdown information associated with breakdown of said vehicle;

transmit said generated first set of data to a server, wherein

said server receives a second set of data from an external device, based on reception of said first set of data,

said external device is external to each of said server and said vehicle,

said second set of data comprises an operating parameter of a first electronic device of a set of electronic devices,

each of said set of electronic devices is associated with at least one service of a plurality of services, and

said first electronic device is associated with a home automation service of said plurality of services;

receive, from said server, a response corresponding to said transmitted first set of data, wherein

said received response is determined by said server, based on extraction of specific information and said breakdown information of said vehicle,

said extraction of said specific information is from said transmitted first set of data and said second set of data,

a control instruction is generated, by said server, based on said determined response,

said control instruction is generated when a user permission is required to change said operating parameter of said first electronic device, and

said generated control instruction is transmitted, by said server, to a second electronic device of said set of electronic devices; and

control said display device to display said received response.