# US 2019/0246435 A1 · Vehicle-based wireless hotspot management > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2019/0246435 A1 - Document ID: US20190246435A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/891,313 - Filed: 2018-02-07 - Published: 2019-08-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-07 - Assignees: Moj.Io Inc. - Applicants: Moj.Io Inc. - Inventors: Markus Hummel - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190246435A1 ## CPC - H04L 67/12: specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks - H04W 76/10: Connection setup - G06F 3/04847: Interaction techniques to control parameter settings, e.g. interaction with sliders or dials - G07C 5/008: {communicating information to a remotely located station (transmission systems for measured values G08C)} - G07C 5/0808: {Diagnosing performance data (testing of vehicles G01M17/00; testing of electrical installation on vehicles G01R31/005)} - G07C 5/085: {using electronic data carriers} - H04Q 9/00: Arrangements in telecontrol or telemetry systems for selectively calling a substation from a main station, in which substation desired apparatus is selected for applying a control signal thereto or for obtaining measured values therefrom - H04W 52/0254: {detecting a user operation or a tactile contact or a motion of the device} - H04W 52/0277: {according to available power supply, e.g. switching off when a low battery condition is detected} - H04W 52/028: {switching on or off only a part of the equipment circuit blocks} - H04W 76/27: Transitions between radio resource control [RRC] states - H04W 84/12: WLAN [Wireless Local Area Networks] - H04W 84/18: Self-organising networks, e.g. ad-hoc networks or sensor networks - H04W 88/16: Gateway arrangements - Y02D 30/70: in wireless communication networks - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - G07C: TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE - H04Q: SELECTING (switches, relays, selectors H01H; wireless communication networks H04W) - Y02D: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES [ICT], I.E. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES AIMING AT THE REDUCTION OF THEIR OWN ENERGY USE ## Abstract A network connectivity mode is activated at a vehicle during which an on-board wireless LAN interface and an on-board wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a higher-power consumption state with respect to a set of on-board batteries to collectively support communications between one or more LAN-side client devices and one or more WAN-side network resources. Operation of the vehicle entering a predefined operating state is detected, and in response thereto, the network connectivity mode is deactivated after a period of time during which the on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a lower-power consumption state with respect to the set of on-board 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 on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method of managing a vehicle-based wireless hotspot, the method comprising: at a vehicle that includes: an on-board wireless local area network (LAN) interface providing wireless LAN connectivity to one or more LAN-side client devices, an on-board wireless wide area network (WAN) interface providing wireless WAN connectivity to one or more WAN-side network resources, and a set of one or more on-board batteries to supply electrical energy to the on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface: monitoring operation of the vehicle via one or more sensors located on-board the vehicle; activating a network connectivity mode during which the on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a higher-power consumption state with respect to the set of on-board batteries to collectively support communications between the one or more LAN-side client devices and the one or more WAN-side network resources via the on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board 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 on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface are collectively operated in a lower-power consumption state with respect to the set of on-board 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 on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state includes an engine-off state for a fuel combustion engine of the vehicle. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state includes an ignition-off state of the vehicle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state includes a parked state for a transmission of the vehicle. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state includes a stationary state of the vehicle. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the predefined operating state includes one or more of a charge state for the set of one or more batteries of the vehicle and/or a battery depleting state of the set of one or more batteries of the vehicle. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a vehicle identifier of the vehicle; and selecting the predefined operating state for the vehicle based on the vehicle identifier. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the vehicle identifier is a VIN of the vehicle obtained by receiving the VIN via an on-board diagnostics (OBD) interface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: obtaining a vehicle identifier of the vehicle; and setting the period of time for deactivating the network connectivity mode based on the vehicle identifier. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the period of time for deactivating the network connectivity mode is user-defined; and wherein the method further comprises retrieving settings previously defined by a user for the network connectivity mode from a computer-readable storage device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, further comprising: detecting, based on the monitoring, the operation of the vehicle exiting the predefined operating state; and responsive to operation of the vehicle exiting the predefined operating state, reactivating the network connectivity mode. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein during deactivation of the network connectivity mode, periodically or intermittently transmitting data obtained from the one or more sensors located on-board the vehicle to a WAN-side network resource via the on-board wireless WAN interface, and/or periodically or intermittently requesting data from a WAN-side network resource via the on-board wireless WAN interface. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein during deactivation of the network connectivity mode, periodically or intermittently communicating with a first LAN-side client device of the one or more LAN-side client devices via the on-board wireless LAN interface. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein the first LAN-side client device is a primary LAN-side client device of a user designated as the primary user of the vehicle. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein monitoring operation of the vehicle includes receiving sensor data at a telematics device from the one or more sensors via an on-board diagnostics (OBD) interface of the vehicle. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface form part of the telematics device; and wherein electrical energy is supplied to the on-board wireless LAN interface and the on-board wireless WAN interface from the set of one or more batteries via the OBD interface of the vehicle. ### Claim 17 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. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The computing system of claim 17, wherein the predefined operating state is one or more of: an engine-off state for a fuel combustion engine of the vehicle; an ignition-off state of the vehicle; a parked state for a transmission of the vehicle; a stationary state of the vehicle; a battery depleting state of the set of one or more batteries of the vehicle. ### Claim 19 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. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The telematics device of claim 19, wherein the predefined operating state includes one or more of: an engine-off state for a fuel combustion engine of the vehicle; an ignition-off state of the vehicle; a parked state for a transmission of the vehicle; a stationary state of the vehicle; a battery depleting state of the set of one or more batteries of the vehicle.