Managing communications between connected vehicles via a cellular network
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorAhmad Arash Obaidi
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for managing communications for a connected vehicle, such as between the connected vehicle and other connected vehicle and/or between the connected vehicle and infrastructure entities, such as providers of services to the connected vehicle. For example, a communication network, such as a network provided by a network carrier, may include various cloud engines or other network-based servers that manage, coordinate, and/or provision communications between the connected vehicle and other parties, such as vehicles, road devices, buildings, and other infrastructure entities.
Claims17
A method for managing communications between a vehicle and other vehicles associated with the vehicle, the method comprising:
- receiving information from the vehicle that identifies an occurrence of an event at the vehicle,
- wherein the information is received by a cloud-based network server associated with a network carrier providing a communications network to the vehicle and other vehicles located within a geographic area,
- and wherein the information is not received via a direct vehicle-to-vehicle wireless connection;
- identifying, at the cloud-based network server, a subset of the other vehicles located within the geographic area predicted to be affected by the occurrence of the event at the vehicle;
- performing, at the cloud-based network server, an action associated with the identified subset of the other vehicles in response to the occurrence of the event at the vehicle,
- wherein the performed action includes:
- transmitting information indicative of one or more parameters of the occurrence of the event to the identified subset of the other vehicles;
- and
- identifying a service provider capable of providing a service regarding the event to the vehicle associated with the event,
- wherein the service provider is located in geographic proximity to the vehicle associated with the event, and
- in response to the occurrence of the event at the vehicle,
- automatically sending the information associated with the service and a discount for a service location proximate to the service provider capable of providing the service regarding the event,
- wherein a service offered at the service location is not related to the event.
A system that communicates with a connected vehicle, wherein the connected vehicle includes a communication device connected to an onboard diagnostics reader of the connected vehicle and configured to facilitate exchanges of information between the connected vehicle and a cloud-based network server associated with a network carrier that contains the system and provides a communications network to the connected vehicle, the system comprising:
- a vehicle event module that receives information from the communication device of the connected vehicle,
- wherein the vehicle event module identifies an occurrence of an abnormal event at the connected vehicle based on the information received from the communication device;
- a context module that identifies a subset of other vehicles connected to the communications network provided by the network carrier and travelling along a route also travelled by the connected vehicle, which are predicted to be affected by the occurrence of the abnormal event at the connected vehicle;
- and
- an action module that performs an action associated with the identified subset of the other vehicles in response to the occurrence of the abnormal event at the connected vehicle, wherein the action includes:
- identify a service provider capable of providing a service regarding the abnormal event to the connected vehicle associated with the abnormal event,
- wherein the service provider is located in geographic proximity to the connected vehicle associated with the abnormal event, and
- in response to the occurrence of the abnormal event at the connected vehicle, automatically send the information associated with the service and a discount for a service location proximate to the service provider capable of providing the service regarding the abnormal event,
- wherein a service offered at the service location is not related to the abnormal event.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium whose contents, when executed by a network server, cause the network server to perform a method of providing updated traffic information to vehicles travelling on a common route to a destination, the method comprising:
- receiving, at the network server, a signal from a certain vehicle traveling on the common route to the destination that an abnormal event has occurred at the certain vehicle;
- identifying other vehicles travelling on the common route that share a communications network with the certain vehicle;
- and
- selecting at least one vehicle of the identified other vehicles travelling on the common route predicted to be affected by the abnormal event at the certain vehicle;
- and
- sending to the selected at least one vehicle information that identifies a location of the certain vehicle and a status of the certain vehicle based on the abnormal event at the certain vehicle;
- identifying a service provider capable of providing a service regarding the abnormal event to the certain vehicle associated with the abnormal event,
- wherein the service provider is located in geographic proximity to the certain vehicle associated with the abnormal event;
- and
- in response to the abnormal event at the certain vehicle, automatically sending the information associated with the service and a discount for a service location proximate to the service provider capable of providing the service regarding the abnormal event,
- wherein a service offered at the service location is not related to the abnormal event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.