Automobile mileage notification system

摘要

The application describes a system for notifying a vehicle owner regarding service due for a vehicle based on the vehicle's accumulated mileage. The system determines vehicle mileage based on GPS data, determines whether the mileage has exceeded a threshold, transmits a wireless signal from the vehicle to a notification service provider computer when the threshold is exceeded, and sends a notice from the notification service provider to the dealer and/or customer to indicate that vehicle service is due.

主权项

1. An apparatus for providing notification when a vehicle mileage threshold has been exceeded, the apparatus comprising:
a global positioning system (GPS) receiver for determining cumulative distance traveled by a vehicle based on changes in vehicle location coordinates; a memory device for storing the cumulative distance and one or more mileage threshold values; a wireless transceiver for transmitting a notification signal via a wireless communication network to indicate when the cumulative distance traveled by the vehicle exceeds the one or more mileage threshold values; a processor for accessing the cumulative distance and the one or more mileage threshold values from the memory device, for comparing the cumulative distance to the one or more mileage threshold values, and for automatically activating the wireless transceiver to transmit the notification signal when the processor determines that the cumulative distance exceeds the one or more mileage threshold values; a housing in which the GPS receiver, the memory device, the processor and the wireless transceiver are contained, the housing configured to be mounted within a passenger compartment or an engine compartment of the vehicle; and an On-Board Diagnostics connector for connecting to a mating connector in the vehicle, wherein the processor is operable to access a vehicle identification number of the vehicle via the On-Board Diagnostics (OBD) connector, and wherein the wireless transceiver is operable to transmit the vehicle identification number in the notification signal.