Systems and methods for analyzing wireless telematics data of a vehicle engaged in an extended period of travel

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11657659-B2
Application number	US-202217700206-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 21, 2022
Priority date	Oct 2, 2019
Publication date	May 23, 2023
Grant date	May 23, 2023

Abstract

A system for analyzing wireless telematics data to determine that a vehicle is engaged in an extended period of travel and prompt additional devices within the vehicle regarding the extended period of travel. The system may comprise a telematics server and a plurality of mobile applications to be implemented on a plurality of telematics devices belonging to a plurality of users. The plurality of telematics devices transmit telematics data to the telematics server. The data is analyzed and the telematics server transmits an indication to the telematics devices, causing the mobile applications to execute in a driver application mode or passenger application mode. Messages containing notifications to change drivers or pull over are sent to the telematics devices.

First claim

What is claimed:

1. A telematics server comprising:
one or more memories comprising instructions stored thereon; and
one or more processors configured to execute the instructions and perform operations comprising:
receiving, from a first device of a first user, a first series of telematics data;
generating one or more messages regarding a first duration of a first portion of a vehicle trip of a vehicle based upon the first series of telematics data; and
transmitting, to a second device of a second user, the one or more messages;

wherein at least one message of the one or more messages causes a display of the second device to display an electronic notification indicating that the second user should operate the vehicle during a second portion of the vehicle trip.

2. The telematics server of claim 1 , wherein the first device is configured to run a first mobile application and the second device is configured to run a second mobile application, wherein the operations further comprise:
determining, based on the first series of telematics data, that the first user operates the vehicle during a first portion of the vehicle trip; and
transmitting, to the first device, a first indication that the first user operates the vehicle, the first indication causing the first mobile application to execute in a driver application mode.

3. The telematics server of claim 2 , wherein the operations further comprise:
determining, based on a second series of telematics data received from the second device, that the second user does not operate the vehicle during the first portion of the vehicle trip; and
transmitting, to the second device, a second indication that the second user does not operate the vehicle, the second indication causing the second mobile application to execute in a passenger application mode.

4. The telematics server of claim 2 , wherein the first mobile application is configured to wirelessly transmit the first series of telematics data to the telematics server after exiting the driver application mode.

5. The telematics server of claim 2 , wherein the first mobile application is configured to exit the driver application mode after a speed associated with the first device is determined to be below a threshold value for at least a predetermined period.

6. The telematics server of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is determined to be engaged in an extended period of travel when a predetermined trip threshold is reached.

7. The telematics server of claim 1 , wherein at least one message of the one or more messages causes the display of the second device to display a recommendation or a discount associated with a predicted location along a predicted route of the vehicle trip.

8. A telematics method comprising:
receiving, from a first device of a first user, a first series of telematics data;
generating one or more messages regarding a first duration of a first portion of a vehicle trip of a vehicle based upon the first series of telematics data; and
transmitting, to a second device of a second user, the one or more messages;
wherein at least one message of the one or more messages causes a display of the second device to display an electronic notification indicating that the second user should operate the vehicle during a second portion of the vehicle trip.

9. The telematics method of claim 8 , wherein the first device is configured to run a first mobile application and the second device is configured to run a second mobile application, wherein the operations further comprise:
determining, based on the first series of telematics data, that the first user operates the vehicle during a first portion of the vehicle trip; and
transmitting, to the first device, a first indication that the first user operates the vehicle, the first indication causing the first mobile application to execute in a driver application mode.

10. The telematics method of claim 9 , further comprising:
determining, based on a second series of telematics data received from the second device, that the second user does not operate the vehicle during the first portion of the vehicle trip; and
transmitting, to the second device, a second indication that the second user does not operate the vehicle, the second indication causing the second mobile application to execute in a passenger application mode.

11. The telematics method of claim 9 , wherein the first mobile application is configured to wirelessly transmit the first series of telematics data to the telematics server after exiting the driver application mode.

12. The telematics method of claim 9 , wherein the first mobile application is configured to exit the driver application mode after a speed associated with the first device is determined to be below a threshold value for at least a predetermined period.

13. The telematics method of claim 8 , wherein the vehicle is determined to be engaged in an extended period of travel when a predetermined trip threshold is reached.

14. The telematics method of claim 8 , wherein at least one message of the one or more messages causes the display of the second device to display a recommendation or discount associated with predicted locations along a predicted route of the vehicle trip.

15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by one or more processors of a computing device, cause the computing device to:
receive, from the first device, a first series of telematics data;
generate one or more messages regarding a first duration of a first portion of a vehicle trip of a vehicle based upon the first series of telematics data; and
transmit, to the second device, the one or more messages;
wherein at least one message of the one or more messages causes a display of the second device to display an electronic notification indicating that the second user should operate the vehicle during a second portion of the vehicle trip.

16. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the first device is configured to run a first mobile application and the second device is configured to run a second mobile application, wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:
determine, based on the first series of telematics data, that the first user operates the vehicle during a first portion of the vehicle trip; and
transmit, to the first device, a first indication that the first user operates the vehicle, the first indication causing the first mobile application to execute in a driver application mode.

17. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the instructions further cause the computing device to:
determining, based on a second series of telematics data received from the second device, that the second user does not operate the vehicle during the first portion of the vehicle trip; and
transmitting, to the second device, a second indication that the second user does not operate the vehicle, the second indication causing the second mobile application to execute in a passenger application mode.

18. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first mobile application is configured to transmit the first series of telematics data after exiting the driver application mode.

19. The computer-readable medium of claim 16 , wherein the first mobile application is configured to exit the driver application mode after a speed associated with the first device is determined to be below a threshold value for at least a predetermined period.

20. The computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein

Assignees

• Blueowl Llc

Inventors

• Smith Bennett

Classifications

• G07C5/085

  using electronic data carriers · CPC title

• H04W4/44

  for communication between vehicles and infrastructures, e.g. vehicle-to-cloud [V2C] or vehicle-to-home [V2H] · CPC title

• G07C5/0825

  using optical means · CPC title

• H04W4/023

  using mutual or relative location information between multiple location based services [LBS] targets or of distance thresholds · CPC title

• G07C5/008 Primary

  communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C) · CPC title