Managing communications for connected vehicles using a cellular network
AssigneeT-Mobile USA, Inc.
InventorAhmad Arash Obaidi
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Abstract
Systems and methods are described herein for managing communications for a connected vehicle, such as between the connected vehicle and other connected vehicle and/or between the connected vehicle and infrastructure entities, such as providers of services to the connected vehicle. For example, a communication network, such as a network provided by a network carrier, may include various cloud engines or other network-based servers that manage, coordinate, and/or provision communications between the connected vehicle and other parties, such as vehicles, road devices, buildings, and other infrastructure entities.
Claims21
1-20. (canceled)
A method for managing communications between vehicles, the method comprising:
- receiving information from a vehicle that identifies an occurrence of an event at the vehicle,
- wherein the information is received by a network server associated with a telecommunications service provider providing a wireless communications network to the vehicle and other vehicles located within geographic proximity to the vehicle, and
- wherein the information is not received via a direct vehicle-to-vehicle wireless connection;
- identifying, at the network server, a subset of the other vehicles located within the geographic area predicted to be affected by the occurrence of the event at the vehicle;
- and
- performing, at the network server, an action associated with the identified subset of the other vehicles in response to the occurrence of the event at the vehicle,
- wherein the performed action includes transmitting information indicative of one or more parameters of the occurrence of the event to the identified subset of the other vehicles.
A non-transitory, computer-readable storage medium comprising instructions recorded thereon that, when executed by at least one processor of a system of a wireless telecommunications network, cause the system to:
- receive information from a vehicle that indicates an operational status and an occurrence of an event at the vehicle;
- identify, at a network server, a set of vehicles located within a geographic area predicted to be affected by the occurrence of the event at the vehicle;
- and
- perform, at the network server, an action associated with the identified set of the other vehicles in response to the occurrence of the event at the vehicle,
- wherein the performed action includes transmitting information indicative of one or more parameters of the occurrence of the event to the identified set of the other vehicles.
An apparatus operating as a network server, the apparatus comprising:
- at least one hardware processor;
- and
- at least one data storage device, coupled to the at least one processor, and storing instructions, which when executed by the at least one processor, perform operations comprising:
- receiving information from a vehicle that indicates an operational status and an occurrence of an event at the vehicle;
- identifying a set of vehicles located within a geographic area predicted to be affected by the occurrence of the event at the vehicle;
- and
- performing an action associated with the identified set of the other vehicles in response to the occurrence of the event at the vehicle,
- wherein the performed action includes transmitting information indicative of one or more parameters of the occurrence of the event to the identified set of the other vehicles.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.