Texting driver alert service

摘要

A network device receives an indication of a text message sent from a sender via a mobile device and receives multiple telematics packets from a vehicle telematics unit. Each of the multiple telematics packets includes operating data from a vehicle, associated with a driver and a time or time interval. The network device identifies the sender as the driver based on information from the text message indication, identifies a sending time of the text message based on the text message indication, and identifies one of the telematics packets with a time or time interval that corresponds to the sending time of the text message. The network device identifies, based on the telematics packet and the text message indication, that the vehicle was being operated during the sending time of the text message and logs a texting-while-driving incident associated with the particular driver.

主权项

1. A method, comprising:
receiving, by a network device, an indication of a text message being sent from a sender using a mobile device; receiving, by the network device, multiple telematics packets from a vehicle telematics unit, wherein each of the multiple telematics packets includes:
vehicle operating data from a vehicle, associated with a particular driver and for a particular time interval, anda plurality of data samples for discrete time periods within a time interval for each of the telematics packets, and wherein each of the data samples includes a sample time and information from which a speed of travel can be determined; identifying, by the network device, the sender as the particular driver based on information from the indication of the text message; identifying, by the network device, a sending time of the text message based on the indication of the text message; identifying, by the network device, a telematics packet, of the multiple telematics packets, for a time interval that corresponds to the sending time of the text message; identifying, by the network device and based on the telematics packet and the indication of the text message, that the vehicle was being operated during the sending time of the text message; and logging, by the network device, a texting-while-driving incident associated with the particular driver based on the identifying that the vehicle was being operated during the sending time of the text message.