REMOTE VEHICLE START SYSTEM WITH ADVANCE DYNAMIC SCHEDULING SYSTEM
A system and method is described for a vehicle remote starter with an advanced dynamic scheduling system. The system and method utilizes a cellular telephone, interfacing with standard scheduling software, and capable of communicating with the Internet to gather real time data and communicating through a wireless telecommunication network with a vehicle to send vehicle remote start and other commands; an electronic scheduling system utilized within or accessible by the cellular telephone; a cellular telephone based and/or vehicle based GPS location module for determining the location of the vehicle and the cellular telephone at any particular point in time; a set of coded instructions that actively queries the Internet for real time data and that queries the electronic scheduling system to determine the time and location of a scheduled meeting, evaluating various vehicle operational parameters, the distance of the cellular phone from a vehicle, various environmental parameters, the distance from a vehicle to meeting location, the travel time required to timely travel and attend the scheduled meeting, and either prompting the user to actively send a remote start command signal to the vehicle or automatically sending the remote start command signal.
1 . A remote starter scheduling system for a vehicle having a data bus in communication with a plurality of devices installed in the vehicle, the scheduling system comprising:
a wireless cellular telephone capable of wireless communication with a telecommunication network, and the vehicle;
a software application downloadable from the telecommunication network and residing within said wireless cellular telephone, the software application capable of exchanging through said telecommunication network scheduling data and synchronizing with scheduling software residing on a first remote computer;
a location determination device install in said vehicle for determining the location of said vehicle when a driver exits the vehicle, the vehicle communicating location data to the wireless cellular telephone;
a second remote computer in communication with said telecommunication network capable of gathering weather and mapping data from said telecommunication network;
wherein said software application queries the scheduling software for the time and location of a scheduled event, queries the second remote computer for weather and mapping data associated with the vehicle location, and calculates the distance and time necessary to travel from the current location of the cellular telephone to the location of the vehicle, and timely generating a signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle.
2 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 1 wherein the scheduling system further queries the status of at least one vehicle operational parameter and adjusts the timing of said signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle based on the status of said vehicle operational parameter.
3 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 2 wherein the vehicle operational parameter is at least one of vehicle cabin temperature, engine oil temperature, battery amperage, seat temperature, window temperature, or fuel level.
4 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 2 wherein said scheduling system adjust the amount of time of said signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle based on an inverse relationship between temperature and start time, where when the temperature is reduced the start time is increased proportionately.
5 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 1 wherein the location determination device determines location by a global position satellite receiver or a cell tower triangulation means.
6 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 1 wherein the signal timely generated in connection with remotely starting a vehicle is a signal that notifies the cellular telephone user (a) to send the remote start command, (b) that the system has sent the remote start command, (c) that a remote start command will be issued by the system unless said user aborts said remote start command, (d) the remote start command cannot be sent because a vehicle operating parameter is out of range.
7 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 6 wherein said computer server communicates with said telecommunications network to gather real time data using Extensible Markup Language (XML), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), or Digital Weather Markup Language (DWML)
8 . A remote starter scheduling system for a vehicle having a data bus in communication with a plurality of devices installed in the vehicle, the scheduling system comprising:
a wireless cellular telephone capable of wireless communication with said vehicle and a telecommunication network;
a software application downloadable from the telecommunication network and residing within said wireless cellular telephone, the software application capable of exchanging through said telecommunication network scheduling data and synchronizing with scheduling software;
a location determination means for determining the location of said vehicle when a driver exits the vehicle, the vehicle location data generated within the wireless cellular telephone;
wherein said cellular telephone is in communication with said telecommunication network to obtain weather and mapping data associated with the vehicle location and wherein the software application queries the scheduling software for the time and location of a scheduled event and calculates the distance and time necessary to travel from the current location of the cellular telephone to the location of the vehicle, and timely generating a signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle.
9 . A remote starter scheduling system for a vehicle having a data bus in communication with a plurality of devices installed in the vehicle, the scheduling system comprising:
a wireless cellular telephone capable of wireless communication with a telecommunication network, and the vehicle;
a software application downloadable from the telecommunication network and residing within said wireless cellular telephone, the software application capable of exchanging through said telecommunication network scheduling data and synchronizing with scheduling software residing on a first remote computer and whereby the user sets the location of said vehicle;
a second remote computer in communication with said telecommunication network capable of gathering weather and mapping data from said telecommunication network;
wherein said software application queries the scheduling software for the time and location of a scheduled event, queries the second remote computer for weather and mapping data associated with the vehicle location, and calculates the distance and time necessary to travel from the current location of the cellular telephone to the location of the vehicle, and timely generating a signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle.
10 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 9 wherein the scheduling system further queries the status of at least one vehicle operational parameter and adjusts the timing of said signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle based on the status of said vehicle operational parameter.
11 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 10 wherein the vehicle operational parameter is at least one of vehicle cabin temperature, engine oil temperature, battery amperage, seat temperature, window temperature, or fuel level.
12 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 10 wherein said scheduling system adjust the amount of time of said signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle based on an inverse relationship between temperature and start time, where when the temperature is reduced the start time is increased proportionately.
13 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 9 wherein the location determination device determines location by a global position satellite receiver or a cell tower triangulation means.
14 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 9 wherein the signal timely generated in connection with remotely starting a vehicle is a signal that notifies the cellular telephone user (a) to send the remote start command, (b) that the system has sent the remote start command, (c) that a remote start command will be issued by the system unless said user aborts said remote start command, (d) the remote start command cannot be sent because a vehicle operating parameter is out of range.
15 . The vehicle remote starter scheduling system of claim 14 wherein said computer server communicates with said telecommunications network to gather real time data using Extensible Markup Language (XML), Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP), or Digital Weather Markup Language (DWML)
16 . A method of generating a vehicle remote start signal with a cellular phone, the method including the steps of:
periodically querying scheduling software to synchronize scheduled event times and event locations or changes to the schedule stored in the scheduling software;
determining if an event time is approaching the current time;
obtaining current location data from a cellular telephone and the location of a vehicle;
determining if said cellular telephone location is proximate to said vehicle;
if the cellular telephone is not proximate to the vehicle, determining the distance and travel time from said cellular telephone location to the vehicle;
querying a telecommunications network for current weather conditions for the location of said vehicle;
determining the time necessary to warm said vehicle after starting based on said weather information;
calculating the total time necessary to warm or cool the vehicle factoring travel time from said cellular phone location to said vehicle location, vehicle parameters, or weather conditions; and
timely generating a signal in connection with remotely starting said vehicle.