Method and system for collecting automobile-related travel data with a smartphone
AssigneeFlextronics AP, LLC
InventorsGary Fong, Christopher P. Ricci
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Abstract
A technique for collecting automobile-related travel data is disclosed. The technique involves initiating a travel data collection function of a smartphone in response to a stimulus that emanates from an automobile. Once the travel data collection function has been initiated, automobile-related travel data is collected using a location detection function of the smartphone and then the travel data is communicated from the smartphone to a recipient according to a travel distribution function of the smartphone.
Claims17
A non-transitory storage medium that stores computer executable instructions, which when executed by a computer, implement a method for collecting automobile-related travel data with a smartphone, the method comprising:
- initiating a travel data collection function of a smartphone in response to a stimulus that emanates from an automobile;
- upon initiation of the travel data collection function, collecting automobile-related travel data in the smartphone using a location detection function of the smartphone;
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- communicating the automobile-related travel data from the smartphone to a recipient according to a travel data distribution function of the smartphone;
- wherein the stimulus is at least one of an electromagnetic field generated from an ignition operation of the automobile and a series of sound waves generated from an ignition operation of the automobile.
A method for collecting automobile-related travel data with a smartphone, the method comprising:
- initiating a travel data collection function of a smartphone in response to a stimulus that emanates from an automobile;
- upon initiation of the travel data collection function, collecting automobile-related travel data in the smartphone using a location detection function of the smartphone;
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- communicating the automobile-related travel data from the smartphone to a recipient according to a travel data distribution function of the smartphone;
- wherein the stimulus is at least one of an electromagnetic field generated from an ignition operation of the automobile and a series of sound waves generated from an ignition operation of the automobile.
A device for initiating the collection of automobile-related travel data with a smartphone, the device comprising:
- a sensor element configured to detect a stimulus that emanates from an automobile;
- sensor logic configured to recognize the stimulus;
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- a transmitter configured to wirelessly transmit an initiation signal to a smartphone in response to detecting and recognizing the stimulus, wherein the initiation signal initiates a travel data collection function in the smartphone;
- wherein the sensor logic is configured to recognize one of an EMF generated from an ignition operation of the automobile and a series of sound waves generated from an ignition operation of the automobile as a signal that should initiate the travel data collection function in the smartphone.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.