Control, monitoring, and/or security, apparatus and method for premises, vehicles, and/or articles

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12511963-B2
Application number	US-202117563304-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 28, 2021
Priority date	Jun 4, 2013
Publication date	Dec 30, 2025
Grant date	Dec 30, 2025

Abstract

An apparatus, including a server computer, located remote from a vehicle. The server computer receives a first message, transmitted from a user device located remote from the vehicle, and generates a second message containing information regarding an individual identified as being present inside or using the vehicle. If the vehicle is occupied or in use, the second message contains information identifying the individual. The server computer transmits a control signal or monitoring signal to a computer or processor located at the vehicle. The computer or processor performs a control operation or a monitoring operation regarding the vehicle, or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle in response to the control signal or monitoring signal.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An apparatus, comprising:
a server computer, wherein the server computer processes information for or regarding a personal control and monitoring account, and further wherein the server computer is located at a location remote from a vehicle; a computer or a processor located at the vehicle, wherein the computer or the processor is specially programmed to control or to monitor the vehicle or a system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle; and a user device, wherein the user device is located at a location remote from the server computer and remote from the vehicle, wherein the server computer receives a first message transmitted from the user device, wherein the first message contains information regarding the vehicle or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle, wherein the server computer generates a second message containing information regarding an individual identified as being present inside, or occupying, the vehicle, wherein the second message contains information identifying the individual identified as being inside, or occupying, the vehicle, and further wherein the server computer transmits the second message to the user device, wherein the server computer receives a third message transmitted from the user device in response to the second message, wherein the third message contains information for performing a control operation or a monitoring operation regarding the vehicle or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle, and further wherein the server computer transmits a control signal or a monitoring signal to the computer or to the processor in response to the third message, and further wherein the computer or the processor performs or effectuates the control operation or the monitoring operation regarding the vehicle or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle in response to the control signal or the monitoring signal.

2 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the server computer generates the second message containing information regarding an individual identified as being present inside, or occupying, the vehicle, at a time when the server computer receives or processes the first message, and further wherein the second message contains information regarding whether or not the vehicle is occupied at the time when the server computer receives or processes the first message and, if the vehicle is occupied at the time when the server computer receives or processes the first message, the second message contains information identifying the individual identified as being inside, or occupying, the vehicle at the time when the server computer receives or processes the first message.

3 . The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the vehicle is an unmanned vehicle.

4 . An apparatus, comprising:
a server computer, wherein the server computer processes information for or regarding a personal control and monitoring account for performing a control function or a monitoring function regarding a vehicle or a system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle, and further wherein the server computer is located at a location remote from the vehicle; wherein the server computer receives a first message transmitted from a user device, wherein the user device is located at a location remote from the server computer and remote from the vehicle, wherein the first message contains information regarding the vehicle or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle, wherein the server computer generates a second message, wherein the second message contains information regarding whether or not the vehicle is occupied at a time when the server computer receives or processes the first message and, if the vehicle is occupied, at the time when the server computer receives or processes the first message, the second message contains information identifying the individual identified as being inside, or occupying, the vehicle, at the time when the server computer receives or processes the first message, and further wherein the server computer transmits the second message to the user device, wherein the server computer receives a third message transmitted from the user device in response to the second message, wherein the third message contains information for performing a control operation or a monitoring operation regarding the vehicle or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle, and further wherein the server computer transmits a control signal or a monitoring signal to a computer or to a processor in response to the third message, wherein the computer or the processor is located at the vehicle, wherein the computer or the processor is specially programmed to control or to monitor the vehicle or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle, and further wherein the computer or the processor performs or effectuates the control operation or the monitoring operation regarding the vehicle or the system, equipment, or device, of the vehicle, in response to the control signal or the monitoring signal.

5 . The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:
a camera, a video recording device, a microphone, or an audio recording device, wherein the camera, the video recording device, the microphone, or the audio recording device, is located at the vehicle.

6 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the camera, the video recording device, the microphone, or the audio recording device, records a photograph, video information, or audio information, and automatically transmits the photograph, the video information, or the audio information, to the server computer.

7 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the camera, the video recording device, the microphone, or the audio recording device, records a photograph, video information, or audio information, at the vehicle, and further wherein the apparatus automatically transmits the photograph, the video information, or the audio information, along with information for filing a police report, to a law enforcement computer, or wherein the apparatus automatically transmits the photograph, the video information, or the audio information, to a law enforcement computer.

8 . The apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the camera, the video recording device, the microphone, or the audio recording device, records a photograph, video information, or audio information, at the vehicle, and further wherein the apparatus automatically transmits the photograph, the video information, or the audio information, to the user device or to a second user device.

9 . The apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising:
a camera, a video recording device, a microphone, or an audio recording device, wherein the camera, the video recording device, the microphone, or the audio recording device, is located at the vehicle, wherein the camera, the video recording device, the microphone, or the audio recording device, records a photograph, video information, or audio information, at the vehicle, and further wherein the apparatus detects an occurrence of an event, and further wherein the apparatus automatically transmits the photograph, the video information, or the audio information, to the user device or to a second user device in response to the occurrence of the event.

10 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second message contains a photograph, a video clip, an audio recording, or a voice recording, of the individual identified as occupying or using the vehicle at the time when the server computer receives the first message.

11 . The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the server computer is specially programmed to process and to store information for performing a control function or a monitoring function regarding a second vehicle or a system, equipment, or device, of a sec

Assignees

• Joao Raymond Anthony

Inventors

• Joao Raymond Anthony

Classifications

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