Vehicle remote start controller

One or more non-transitory computer-readable media collectively storing computer-executable instructions that, when executed with one or more processors, collectively cause the computers to perform acts comprising:

• retrieving, from one or more sensors of a vehicle having an engine, sensor data associated with the vehicle;
• retrieving, from a data store, historical instances of drive cycles performed by an operator of the vehicle, wherein a drive cycle is a time period between starting the engine and subsequently shutting down the engine;
• generating a data model that correlates the operator with the historical instances of drive cycles;
• inferring an impending occurrence of a drive cycle, based at least in part on the data model;
• determining a current state of the vehicle, based at least in part on the sensor data;
• determining whether to initiate a remote start of the vehicle based at least in part on an inference of the impending occurrence of the drive cycle and the current state of the vehicle;
• and
• in response to determining to initiate the remote start, automatically generating and transmitting, to the vehicle, computer-executable instructions that initiate the remote start.

A controller, comprising:

• one or more processors;
• and
• memory coupled to the one or more processors, the memory including one or more modules that are executable by the one or more processors to:
• retrieve sensor data from a vehicle having an engine;
• retrieve, from a data store, historical instances of drive cycles performed by an operator of the vehicle, wherein a drive cycle is a time period between starting the engine and subsequently shutting down the engine;
• generate a data model that correlates the operator with the historical instances of drive cycles;
• infer an impending occurrence of a drive cycle, based at least in part on the data model;
• analyze the sensor data to determine a current environmental state of the vehicle;
• determine a geolocation of the vehicle, based at least in part on the sensor data;
• retrieve, from a third-party server, external environmental data associated with the geolocation;
• detect an occupant within an interior cabin of the vehicle, based at least in part on the sensor data;
• wherein to determine the current state of the vehicle is based at least in part on the sensor data, the current environmental state of the vehicle, the external environmental data, and detecting the occupant;
• determine a time period associated with the vehicle being idle, based at least in part on the sensor data,
• determine whether to initiate a remote start of the vehicle based at least in part on the current state of the vehicle, an inference of the impending occurrence of the drive cycle, and the time period being greater than or equal to a predetermined idle threshold;
• determine ambient conditions within an interior cabin of the vehicle;
• determine a point-in-time prior to the impending occurrence of the drive cycle to initiate the remote start, based at least in part on the ambient conditions, wherein the computer-executable instructions are further configured to initiate the remote start at the point-in-time;
• in response to determining to initiate the remote start, automatically generate and transmit computer-executable instructions to the vehicle to initiate the remote start;
• and
• in response to determining not to initiate the remote start, generate a message for delivery to an operator device associated with the vehicle, the message indicating at least that the remote start is determined not to be initiated.