# US 2014/0191886 A1 · Vehicle location and activity sharing > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191886 A1 - Document ID: US20140191886A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/735,880 - Filed: 2013-01-07 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-07 - Assignees: Cloudcar, Inc. - Applicants: Cloudcar, Inc. - Inventors: Peter Barrett - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191886A1 ## CPC - G08G 1/123: indicating the position of vehicles, e.g. scheduled vehicles; {Managing passenger vehicles circulating according to a fixed timetable, e.g. buses, trains, trams}(transmission of navigation instructions to vehicles G08G1/0968) - G08G 1/0112: {from the vehicle, e.g. floating car data [FCD]} - G08G 1/20: {Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles} - G01S 5/0027: {of actual mobile position, i.e. position determined on mobile} - G08G: TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEMS (guiding railway traffic, ensuring the safety of railway traffic B61L; arrangement of road signs or traffic signals E01F9/00; radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for traffic control G01S13/91, G01S15/88, G01S17/88; {radar or analogous systems, sonar systems, lidar systems specially adapted for anti-collision purposes G01S13/93, G01S15/93, G01S17/93}) - G01S: RADIO DIRECTION-FINDING; RADIO NAVIGATION; DETERMINING DISTANCE OR VELOCITY BY USE OF RADIO WAVES; LOCATING OR PRESENCE-DETECTING BY USE OF THE REFLECTION OR RERADIATION OF RADIO WAVES; ANALOGOUS ARRANGEMENTS USING OTHER WAVES ## Abstract Vehicle location sharing systems and methods are described. In an embodiment, a system for sharing a location of a vehicle may include a location-determining device and a network-connected device. The location-determining device may be configured to track a location of a vehicle and to determine a location of the vehicle in response to a voice command from an occupant of the vehicle. The network-connected device may be configured to transmit a location description in response to the voice command. The location description may be configured to identify the determined location of the vehicle. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system for sharing a location of a vehicle, the system comprising: one or more electronic devices configured to: determine a location of the vehicle in response to an input from an occupant of the vehicle, and transmit a location description in response to the input, the location description configured to identify the determined location of the vehicle. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the one or more electronic devices are further configured to indicate that the location description has been successfully transmitted. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein indicating that the location description has been successfully transmitted includes displaying a visual indication that the location description has been successfully transmitted. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the input includes a voice command. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the location description includes at least one of a nickname, a make, or a model of the vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein transmitting the location description includes posting the location description to a site accessible via the internet. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein transmitting the location description includes posting the location description to social media. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein transmitting the location description includes sending the location description as at least part of an email message or a short message service (SMS) message. ### Claim 9 A method of sharing a location of a vehicle, the method comprising: determining a location of the vehicle in response to an input from an occupant of the vehicle; and transmitting a location description in response to the input, the location description configured to identify the determined location of the vehicle. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising indicating that the location description has been successfully transmitted. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The method of claim 10, wherein indicating that the location description has been successfully transmitted includes displaying a visual indication that the location description has been successfully transmitted. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the input includes a voice command. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein the location description includes at least one of a nickname, a make, or a model of the vehicle. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein transmitting the location description includes posting the location description to a site accessible via the internet. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, further comprising transmitting supplemental information regarding the vehicle, including at least one of: current time; direction of travel; destination; expected arrival time at destination; user comments; traffic information; audio message; video; and picture. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein transmitting the location description includes posting the location description to social media. ### Claim 17 (depends on 9) The method of claim 9, wherein transmitting the location description includes sending the location description as at least part of an email message or a short message service (SMS) message. ### Claim 18 A computer-readable medium having computer instructions stored thereon that are executable by a processing device to perform operations comprising: determining a location of the vehicle in response to an input from an occupant of the vehicle; and transmitting a location description in response to the input, the location description configured to identify the determined location of the vehicle. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, the operations further comprising indicating that the location description has been successfully transmitted. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein indicating that the location description has been successfully transmitted includes displaying a visual indication that the location description has been successfully transmitted. ### Claim 21 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein the location description includes at least one of a nickname, a make, or a model of the vehicle. ### Claim 22 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein transmitting the location description includes posting the location description to a site accessible via the internet. ### Claim 23 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein transmitting the location description includes posting the location description to social media. ### Claim 24 (depends on 18) The computer-readable medium of claim 18, wherein transmitting the location description includes sending the location description as at least part of an email message or a short message service (SMS) message.