Apparatus, Systems, and Methods for Processing Alerts Relating to an In-Vehicle Control Unit
AssigneeATT&T Intellectual Property I, L.P.
InventorsMarvin R. Hamrick, R.T. Mitchell Ingman
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Abstract
A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units.
Claims20
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor at an alert call center, emergency data transmitted by an in-vehicle control unit in response to the in-vehicle control unit receiving a signal indicating that a remote alert transmitter associated with the in-vehicle control unit has been activated, the emergency data comprising vehicle location information, vehicle data identifying expressly whether the vehicle is turned on, and data indicating that the in-vehicle control unit has received an alert signal from the remote alert transmitter associated with the in-vehicle control unit;
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- determining, by the processor, whether the emergency data received at the alert call center was transmitted intentionally;
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- contacting, by the processor, an emergency service to request that the emergency service send emergency assistance to the vehicle in response to a determination that the data was transmitted intentionally.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor at an alert call center, emergency data sent by an in-vehicle control unit in response to the in-vehicle control unit receiving an alert signal from a remote alert transmitter associated with the in-vehicle control unit, the emergency data comprising vehicle data specifying if a vehicle associated with the in-vehicle control unit is turned on, location information specifying a location of the vehicle, and an indication that the in-vehicle control unit received the alert signal from the remote alert transmitter associated with the in-vehicle control unit;
- determining, by the processor, whether the emergency data received at the alert call center was transmitted intentionally;
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- prompting, by the processor, a user to contact an emergency service to request that the emergency service send emergency assistance to the vehicle in response to a determination that the data was transmitted intentionally.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a processor at an in-vehicle control unit, a signal indicating that a remote alert transmitter associated with the in-vehicle control unit has been activated, the signal being received from the remote alert transmitter;
- generating, by the processor, emergency data in response to receiving the signal;
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- transmitting, by the in-vehicle control unit, the emergency data to an alert call center, the emergency data comprising vehicle data identifying whether the vehicle is turned on, data indicating that the in-vehicle control unit has received an alert signal from the remote alert transmitter associated with the in-vehicle control unit, and location data identifying a location of a vehicle associated with the in-vehicle control unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.