On board vehicle presence reporting module

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016196745-A1
Application number	US-201614991236-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 8, 2016
Priority date	Nov 16, 2011
Publication date	Jul 7, 2016
Grant date	—

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.

First claim

1 - 24 . (canceled)

25 . A vehicle, comprising:
a microprocessor executable presence reporting module operable to determine, based on a vehicle occupant context, the vehicle occupant context comprising a current seating position of the vehicle occupant and a current geographical and/or geopolitical location of the vehicle, and requirement of law applicable to the current geographic and/or geopolitical 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.

26 . The vehicle of claim 25 , 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.

27 . The vehicle of claim 25 , wherein vehicle occupant context is one or more of whether or not the vehicle occupant is in the driver's seat.

28 . The vehicle of claim 25 , wherein the requirement of law is applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle.

29 . The vehicle of claim 28 , wherein the requirement one or more of prohibits cellular calls, texting, tweeting and/or viewing video while the car is in motion.

30 . The vehicle of claim 25 , 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.

31 . The vehicle of claim 25 , 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.

32 . The vehicle of claim 31 , 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.

33 . A method, comprising:
a microprocessor executable presence reporting module determining, based on a vehicle occupant context, the vehicle occupant context comprising a current seating position of the vehicle occupant and a current geographical and/or geopolitical location of the vehicle, and requirement of law applicable to the current geographic and/or geopolitical 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.

34 . The method of claim 33 , 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.

35 . The method of claim 33 , wherein vehicle occupant context is one or more of whether or not the vehicle occupant is in the driver's seat.

36 . The method of claim 33 , wherein the requirement of law is applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle.

37 . The method of claim 36 , wherein the requirement one or more of prohibits cellular calls, texting, tweeting and/or viewing video while the car is in motion.

38 . The method of claim 33 , 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.

39 . The method of claim 33 , 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.

40 . The method of claim 39 , 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.

41 . A non-transitory, tangible computer readable medium comprising a microprocessor executable presence reporting module on board a selected vehicle that, when executed, determines, based on a vehicle occupant context, the vehicle occupant context comprising a current seating position of the vehicle occupant and a current geographical and/or geopolitical location of the vehicle, and requirement of law applicable to the current geographic and/or geopolitical 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.

42 . The computer readable medium of claim 41 , 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.

43 . The computer readable medium of claim 41 , wherein vehicle occupant context is one or more of whether or not the vehicle occupant is in the driver's seat.

44 . The computer readable medium of claim 41 , wherein the requirement of law is applicable to a current geographic location of the vehicle.

45 . The computer readable medium of claim 44 , wherein the requirement one or more of prohibits cellular calls, texting, tweeting and/or viewing video while the car is in motion.

46 . The computer readable medium of claim 41 , 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.

47 . The computer readable medium of claim 41 , 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.

48 . The computer readable medium of claim 47 , 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.

Assignees

• Autoconnect Holdings Llc

Inventors

• Ricci Christopher P

Classifications

• H04M1/724631

  by limiting the access to the user interface, e.g. locking a touch-screen or a keypad · CPC title

• H04M1/72463

  to restrict the functionality of the device · CPC title

• G06F3/0484 Primary

  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 title

• H04W4/046

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G08G1/09626

  where the origin of the information is within the own vehicle, e.g. a local storage device, digital map · CPC title