ON BOARD VEHICLE PRESENCE REPORTING MODULE

• US 20130203400A1
• Filed: 03/14/2013
• Published: 08/08/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/16/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: AutoConnect Holdings LLC
• Original Assignee: Flextronics America LLC (Flextronics International Limited)
• Inventors: Ricci, Christopher P.
• Application Number:
  US13/828,758
• Publication Number:
  US 20130203400A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/418
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0781 Error filtering or prioritizing based on a policy defined by the user or on a policy defined by a hardware/software module, e.g. according to a severity level
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/0784 Routing of error reports, e.g. with a specific transmission path or data flow
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2025 using centralised failover control functionality
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2035 without idle spare hardware
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/2038 with a single idle spare processing component
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/14 Handling requests for interconnection or transfer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/805 Real-time
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2201/81 Threshold
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04817 using icons graphical or visual programming using iconic symbols G06F8/34
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0484 for the control of specific functions or operations, e.g. selecting or manipulating an object, an image or a displayed text element, setting a parameter value or selecting a range
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/0488 using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/09626 where the origin of the information is within the own vehicle, e.g. a local storage device, digital map
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/0967 Systems involving transmission of highway information, e.g. weather, speed limits transmission of navigation instructions to the vehicle G08G1/0968
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40169 Flexible bus arrangements arrangements for maintenance or administration involving management of faults; events, alarms H04L41/06; automatic restoration of network faults H04L41/0654
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40215 Controller Area Network CAN
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 2012/40273 the transportation system being a vehicle
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72412 using two-way short-range wireless interfaces
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72454 according to context-related or environment-related conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72457 according to geographic location
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/72463 to restrict the functionality of the device
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/724631 : by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 : Location-based management or tracking services
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/48 : for in-vehicle communication

Abstract

The present disclosure describes a microprocessor executable presence reporting module operable to determine, based on one or more of a vehicle occupant context and requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.

Claims

1. A vehicle, comprising:

a microprocessor executable presence reporting module operable to determine, based on one or more of a vehicle occupant context and requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.

2. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the presence reporting module determines, based on the vehicle occupant context, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.

3. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein vehicle occupant context is one or more of whether the vehicle occupant is in the driver'"'"'s seat, whether the vehicle is in motion and/or in gear, whether the vehicle is parked, whether the vehicle occupant is absent from vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is currently using his or her corresponding on board input/output system, whether an on board vehicle transceiver to receive in bound communications is contactable, whether the on board vehicle transceiver is currently roaming, and whether a quality and/or grade of service of a wireless connection with the vehicle transceiver is unacceptable.

4. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the presence reporting module determines, based on the requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle.

5. The vehicle of claim 4, wherein the requirement one or more of prohibits cellular calls, texting, tweeting and/or viewing video while the car is in motion.

6. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the presence reporting module provides to a potential contactor whether or not the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication.

7. The vehicle of claim 1, wherein the presence reporting module provides to a potential contactor one or more currently available communication channels and/or modalities for contacting the vehicle occupant.

8. The vehicle of claim 7, wherein the vehicle occupant is potentially contactable by a set of communication channels and/or modalities and wherein the presence reporting module provides a presence service with only a subset of the communication channels and/or modalities being currently available.

9. A method, comprising:

a microprocessor executable presence reporting module determining, based on one or more of a vehicle occupant context and requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the presence reporting module determines, based on the vehicle occupant context, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.

11. The method of claim 9, wherein vehicle occupant context is one or more of whether the vehicle occupant is in the driver'"'"'s seat, whether the vehicle is in motion and/or in gear, whether the vehicle is parked, whether the vehicle occupant is absent from vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is currently using his or her corresponding on board input/output system, whether an on board vehicle transceiver to receive in bound communications is contactable, whether the on board vehicle transceiver is currently roaming, and whether a quality and/or grade of service of a wireless connection with the vehicle transceiver is unacceptable.

12. The method of claim 9, wherein the presence reporting module determines, based on the requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle.

13. The method of claim 12, wherein the requirement one or more of prohibits cellular calls, texting, tweeting and/or viewing video while the car is in motion.

14. The method of claim 9, wherein the presence reporting module provides to a potential contactor whether or not the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication.

15. The method of claim 9, wherein the presence reporting module provides to a potential contactor one or more currently available communication channels and/or modalities for contacting the vehicle occupant.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the vehicle occupant is potentially contactable by a set of communication channels and/or modalities and wherein the presence reporting module provides a presence service with only a subset of the communication channels and/or modalities being currently available.

17. A non-transient, tangible computer readable medium comprising a microprocessor executable presence reporting module on board a selected vehicle that, when executed, determines, based on one or more of a vehicle occupant context and requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.

18. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the presence reporting module determines, based on the vehicle occupant context, whether the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication and/or by what communication channel and/or modality to contact the vehicle occupant.

19. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein vehicle occupant context is one or more of whether the vehicle occupant is in the driver'"'"'s seat, whether the vehicle is in motion and/or in gear, whether the vehicle is parked, whether the vehicle occupant is absent from vehicle, whether the vehicle occupant is currently using his or her corresponding on board input/output system, whether an on board vehicle transceiver to receive in bound communications is contactable, whether the on board vehicle transceiver is currently roaming, and whether a quality and/or grade of service of a wireless connection with the vehicle transceiver is unacceptable.

20. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the presence reporting module determines, based on the requirement of law applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle.

21. The computer readable medium of claim 20, wherein the requirement one or more of prohibits cellular calls, texting, tweeting and/or viewing video while the car is in motion.

22. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the presence reporting module provides to a potential contactor whether or not the vehicle occupant is present and available for receiving an inbound communication.

23. The computer readable medium of claim 17, wherein the presence reporting module provides to a potential contactor one or more currently available communication channels and/or modalities for contacting the vehicle occupant.

24. The computer readable medium of claim 23, wherein the vehicle occupant is potentially contactable by a set of communication channels and/or modalities and wherein the presence reporting module provides a presence service with only a subset of the communication channels and/or modalities being currently available.