VEHICLE INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

• US 20090306834A1
• Filed: 02/19/2009
• Published: 12/10/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Original Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson
• Inventors: Hjelm, Johan, Gehlen, Guido, Gerdes, Martin
• Granted Patent: US 8,738,389 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/1
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2809 indicating that an appliance service is present in a home automation network monitoring functionality H04L43/0817; discovery or management thereof, e.g. service location protocol [SLP] or web services, H04L67/51
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2829 involving user profiles according to which the execution of a home appliance functionality is automatically triggered
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/283 Processing of data at an internetworking point of a home automation network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1016 IP multimedia subsystem [IMS]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1063 Application servers providing network services systems providing special services to telephonic subscribers H04M3/42
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 65/1073 Registration or de-registration
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 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 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/303 Terminal profiles
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/306 User profiles
• 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 67/54 Presence management, e.g. monitoring or registration for receipt of user log-on information, or the connection status of the users
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/02 Services making use of location information
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/18 Information format or content conversion, e.g. adaptation by the network of the transmitted or received information for the purpose of wireless delivery to users or terminals

Abstract

A mobile communications device comprising a gateway is provided. The device enables an automated discovery of a vehicle environment is enabled. Hereby context information relating to the vehicle environment can be automatically communicated to the service backend. Also context information from the service backend can be provided to the vehicle environment all utilizing SIP Presence technologies. The invention can in accordance with one embodiment be implemented in an IMS system. In accordance with one embodiment a communications device comprising gateway can be provided in the form of a mobile communications device, such as a mobile telephone. The gateway can for example be an IMS gateway.

Claims

1. A method in a communication device for automated device and service configuration of at least one vehicle device located in a vehicle and an application server adapted to store rules associating different context information parameters relating to a driver, driver parameters, with parameters/conditions relating to a vehicle, vehicle parameters, the method comprising the steps of:

discovering at least one vehicle device using the communications device comprising a gateway,

registering at least one vehicle device in a device database of the communications device,

establishing, within the communications device, a profile of the vehicle from at least one registered vehicle device and obtaining status information of the vehicle device,

registering the communications device with a vehicle external network,

setting up a session between the vehicle device and the application server using the communications device as a network interface between the vehicle device and the application server,

sending a vehicle registration comprising a user identity and a profile of the vehicle and/or identity information about the vehicle to the application server,

sending an update message to the application server when the vehicle registration and communications device are registered in the network.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the vehicle profile or a corresponding context information profile is updated according to context changes of a driver, passenger, vehicle or vehicle devices associated with the context information.

3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the communication device is a mobile telephone.

4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the gateway is an IP Multimedia Subsystem Gateway.

5. The method according to claim 1, wherein the session is performed using a Session Initiation Protocol.

6. The method according to claim 1, wherein the application server is an IP multimedia subsystem server.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the network is an IP multimedia subsystem network.

8. A mobile communications device comprising a gateway, the device further comprising:

means for discovering at least one vehicle,

means for registering at least one vehicle device in a device database of the communications device,

means for establishing, within the communications device, a profile of the vehicle from at least one vehicle device and obtaining status information of the at least one vehicle device,

means for registering the communications device with a vehicle external network,

means for setting up a session between the vehicle device and an application server using the communications device as a network interface between the vehicle device and the application server,

means for sending a vehicle registration comprising a user identity and a profile of the vehicle and/or identity information about the vehicle to the application server,

means for transmitting an update message to the application server when the vehicle registration and communications device are registered in the network.

9. The device according to claim 8, further comprising means for updating context information or a corresponding context information profile according to context changes of a driver, passenger, vehicle or vehicle devices associated with the context information.

10. The device according to claim 8, wherein the communication device is a mobile telephone.

11. The device according to claim 8 wherein the communication device comprises a portable IP Multimedia Subsystem Gateway.

12. The device according to claim 8, wherein the device is adapted to perform communication using a Session Initiation Protocol.

13. The device according to claim 8, wherein the device is adapted to connect to an IP multimedia subsystem server.

14. The device according to claim 8, wherein the device is adapted to connect to an IP multimedia subsystem network.

15. A computer program product adapted to be executed on a computer of a mobile communications device comprising a gateway, the computer program product comprising computer program segments that when executed on a computer enables the mobile communications device to:

discover at least one vehicle device,

register at least one vehicle device in a device database of the communications device,

establish, within the communications device, a profile of the vehicle from at least one vehicle device and obtaining status information of the at least one vehicle device,

register the communications device with a vehicle external network,

set up a session between a vehicle device and an application server using the communications device as a network interface between the vehicle device and the application server,

send a vehicle registration comprising a user identity and a profile of the vehicle and/or identity information about the vehicle to the application server, and to

transmit an update message to the application server when the vehicle registration and communications device are registered in the network.

16. The computer program product according to claim 15, further comprising computer program segments for updating context information or a corresponding context information profile according to context changes of a driver, passenger, vehicle or vehicle devices associated with the context information.