Peer-to-peer vehicle communicator
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsLorraine M. Herger, Neal M. Keller, Matthew A. McCarthy, Clifford A. Pickover
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Abstract
A system and method for communicating information between vehicle operators. The method includes receiving a request from a send vehicle operator to communicate a vehicle information message from a send vehicle. The method also includes generating the vehicle information message at the send vehicle. The method further includes sending the vehicle information message from the send vehicle to a receive vehicle.
Claims19
A computer implemented method for communicating information between vehicle operators, the method comprising:
- generating, by a computer processor at a send vehicle, a vehicle information message, the vehicle information message includes a stalking record, the stalking record includes an identification of an order of protection for an owner of the receive vehicle;
- sending the vehicle information message from the send vehicle to a receive vehicle;
- and
- responsive to receiving the vehicle information message from the send vehicle within a threshold radius, initiating a protective action at the receive vehicle, the protective action includes an identification of an alternate driving route.
A system for communicating information between vehicle operators, the system comprising a first computer processor configured to:
- generate a vehicle information message at the send vehicle, the vehicle information message includes a stalking record, the stalking record includes an identification of an order of protection for an owner of the receive vehicle;
- send the vehicle information message from the send vehicle to a receive vehicle;
- and
- responsive to receiving the vehicle information message from the send vehicle within a threshold radius, initiate a protective action at the receive vehicle, the protective action includes an identification of an alternate driving route.
A computer program product for communicating information between vehicle operators, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code configured to:
- generate a vehicle information message at the send vehicle, wherein the vehicle information message includes a stalking record, the stalking record includes an identification of an order of protection for an owner of the receive vehicle;
- send the vehicle information message from the send vehicle to a receive vehicle;
- and
- responsive to receiving the vehicle information message from the send vehicle within a threshold radius, initiate a protective action at the receive vehicle, the protective action includes an identification of an alternate driving route.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.