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Roadside service estimates based on wireless vehicle data

US10423971B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMay 19, 2016
Grant dateSep 24, 2019
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Expiry dateFeb 26, 2037

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06Q50/40
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The disclosure includes implementations for providing a recommendation to a driver of a second DSRC-equipped vehicle. The recommendation may describe an estimate of how long it would take the second DSRC-equipped vehicle to receive a roadside service from a drive-through business. A method according to some implementations may include receiving, by the second DSRC-equipped vehicle, a Dedicated Short Range Communication message (“DSRC message”) that includes path history data. The path history data may describe a path of a first DSRC-equipped vehicle over a plurality of different times while the first DSRC-equipped vehicle is located in a queue of the drive-through business. The method may include determining delay time data for the second DSRC-equipped vehicle based on the path history data for the first DSRC-equipped vehicle. The delay time data may describe the estimate. The method may include providing the recommendation to the driver. The recommendation may include the estimate.

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