VEHICLE STATUS NOTIFICATION AND OPERATOR IDENTIFICATION

摘要

A computing system located on-board a vehicle issues an event notification responsive to detection of an event condition. The on-board computing system detects the presence of wireless-enabled devices located within the vehicle or within proximity to the vehicle over a wireless communications link. The on-board computing system seeks to determine the identity of one or more persons that enter, attempt to enter, or operate the vehicle based on identifiers obtained from one or more wireless-enabled devices carried by those persons. The on-board computing system distinguishes multiple users from each other by designating one user as the vehicle operator, and one or more other users as passengers of the vehicle. The on-board computing system may include a removable on-board interface device that interfaces with an on-board vehicle control system.

主权项

1. A method performed by a computing device located on-board a vehicle and physically interfacing with an on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle via a wired communications link, the method comprising:
detecting a motion event or an auditory event via one or more sensors of the computing device; responsive to detecting the motion event or the auditory event, waking a wireless transceiver of the computing device from a sleep state or a reduced power state, and initiating scanning via the wireless transceiver; detecting whether a wireless device of a primary registered user of the computing device and/or vehicle is present within a wireless range of the wireless transceiver based on wireless transmissions received via the wireless transceiver during said scanning; if the wireless device of the primary registered user is not detected as being present, then transmitting a notification message over a wireless wide area network directed to a registered contact address of the primary registered user; if the wireless device of the primary registered user is detected as being present, then associating data obtained from the on-board vehicle control system of the vehicle with a user account of the primary registered user during operation of the vehicle.