Vehicle-based wireless hotspot management

A computing system for managing a vehicle-based wireless hotspot, the computing system comprising:

• a wireless local area network (LAN) interface located on-board the vehicle providing wireless LAN connectivity to one or more LAN-side client devices;
• a wireless wide area network (WAN) interface located on-board the providing wireless WAN connectivity to one or more WAN-side network resources;
• one or more computing devices programmed with instructions executable by the one or more computing devices to:
• monitor operation of the vehicle via one or more sensors located on-board the vehicle;
• activate a network connectivity mode during which the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a higher-power consumption state with respect to electrical energy supplied from a set of one or more batteries located on-board the vehicle to collectively support communications between the one or more LAN-side client devices and the one or more WAN-side network resources via the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface;
• detecting, based on the monitoring, the operation of the vehicle entering a predefined operating state;
• and
• responsive to operation of the vehicle entering the predefined operating state, deactivating the network connectivity mode after a period of time following the operation of the vehicle entering the predefined operating state during which the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a lower-power consumption state with respect to electrical energy supplied from the set of one or more batteries and communications are discontinued between the one or more LAN-side client devices and the one or more WAN-side network resources via the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface.

A telematics device for managing a vehicle-based wireless hotspot, the telematics device comprising:

• an on-board diagnostics (OBD) interface to receive data and electrical energy from a corresponding OBD interface of a vehicle;
• a wireless local area network (LAN) interface providing wireless LAN connectivity to one or more LAN-side client devices;
• a wireless wide area network (WAN) interface providing wireless WAN connectivity to one or more WAN-side network resources;
• one or more computing devices programmed with instructions executable by the one or more computing devices to:
• monitor operation of the vehicle over the OBD interface via one or more sensors located on-board the vehicle;
• activate a network connectivity mode during which the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a higher-power consumption state with respect to electrical energy supplied over the OBD interface from a set of one or more batteries located on-board the vehicle to collectively support communications between the one or more LAN-side client devices and the one or more WAN-side network resources via the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface;
• detecting, based on the monitoring, the operation of the vehicle entering a predefined operating state;
• and
• responsive to operation of the vehicle entering the predefined operating state, deactivating the network connectivity mode after a period of time following the operation of the vehicle entering the predefined operating state during which the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a lower-power consumption state with respect to electrical energy supplied over the OBD interface from the set of one or more batteries and communications are discontinued between the one or more LAN-side client devices and the one or more WAN-side network resources via the wireless LAN interface and the wireless WAN interface.