Vehicle passive alert system and method
AssigneeMobileAria
InventorsPeter A. Thayer, Victor Shao, Subramanian Mahesh
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Abstract
A passive alert system is provided for vehicles traveling along a predetermined travel route. The vehicles are equipped with vehicle processing systems which are in communication with a remote server. The remote server acquires information pertaining to conditions along the travel route, such as weather and traffic conditions, and determines if these conditions are of a nature which warrants reporting them to the vehicle processing systems.
Claims51
A passive alert system for a vehicle adapted to travel along a predetermined travel route, the passive alert system comprising:
- a vehicle processing system disposed onboard the vehicle;
- and
- a server remote from the vehicle, the server acquiring condition information relating to one or more prospective points along the travel route, generating one or more alerts based on the acquired condition information, and transmitting the one or more alerts wirelessly to the vehicle processing system.
A server for providing alerts to a remote processing systems onboard a vehicle which is adapted to travel along a predetermined travel route, the server comprising:
- a vehicle location monitoring system for providing vehicle location information;
- a condition information broker adapted to communicate with a service provider and acquire therefrom condition information along one or more prospective points along the travel route, the prospective points being based on a closest known position of the vehicle as indicated by the vehicle location information;
- an alert generator for generating one or more alerts based on the condition information acquired from the service provider;
- and
- a communication manager for establishing a communication link with the remote processing system through which the one or more alerts are sent.
A method for communicating passive alerts from a server to a vehicle having a vehicle processing system and traveling along a predetermined travel route, the method comprising:
- determining a closest known position of the vehicle;
- acquiring condition information relating to one or more prospective points along the travel route;
- generating one or more alerts based on the acquired condition information;
- and
- transmitting the one or more alerts wirelessly to the vehicle processing system.
Computer-readable media containing one or more programs which execute the following procedure for communicating passive alerts from a server to a vehicle having a vehicle processing system and traveling along a predetermined travel route:
- determining a closest known position of the vehicle;
- acquiring condition information relating to one or more prospective points along the travel route;
- generating one or more alerts based on the acquired condition information;
- and
- transmitting the one or more alerts wirelessly to the vehicle processing system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.