Battery energy emergency road service

摘要

Systems and methods of providing road service to an operator of a vehicle are provided. Such systems and methods presuppose a navigation system of the vehicle is set to route the vehicle to a destination. A road service request from the vehicle is received and a waypoint along the route to the destination is calculated. The navigation system is remotely set to route the vehicle to the waypoint and road service at the waypoint is ordered. The road service includes swapping the vehicle with a new vehicle.

主权项

1. A method of providing road service to an operator of a vehicle, wherein a navigation system of the vehicle is set to route the vehicle to a destination, said method comprising:
by the navigation system of the vehicle, calculating a route to the destination; and by a service provider remote from the vehicle:
receiving with at least one processor one of a low energy and failure message from the vehicle over a communication network;in response to receiving the low energy or failure message, sending with the at least one processor a message to the vehicle inquiring into whether road service is needed over the communication network;in response to the inquiry, receiving with the at least one processor a road service request from the vehicle over the communication network, the request including the route calculated by the navigation system; andin response to the request:
calculating with the at least one processor a waypoint on the route to the destination based on the received request;remotely with the at least one processor setting the navigation system to route the vehicle to the waypoint over the communication network; andordering with the at least one processor road service at the waypoint, wherein the road service includes swapping the vehicle with a new vehicle at the waypoint.