IP Library Granted Patent US 9,483,941
Granted Patent B1
US 9,483,941 · App. 15/141,534 · Granted Nov 1, 2016

Communicating an alert notification to a particular vehicle

Inventors: Rhonda L. Childress (Austin, TX); Kim A. Eckert (Austin, TX); Ryan D. McNair (Austin, TX)
Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
G08G1/096791B60Q9/00B60R1/00
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,483,941
App. No.
15/141,534
Granted
Nov 1, 2016
Kind
B1
Abstract

Communicating a notification to a particular vehicle is provided. A processor: identifies, one or more vehicles within a particular radius to a first vehicle based on one of: WiFi network visibility, a geo-fenced radius with known geo-tags of the one or more vehicles, or scanning for visible Bluetooth devices; receives a selection for a particular vehicle of the one or more vehicles identified based on descriptive wireless tags or line-of-sight selection from a first device in the first vehicle; establishes a connection between the first device in the first vehicle and a second device in the particular vehicle; receives a selection for a predetermined message; receives an image of a problem associated with the particular vehicle; and sends the predetermined message and the image from the first device to the second device.

Claims (7)

1. A computer program product for communicating a notification to a particular vehicle, the computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage device having program instructions embodied therewith, the program instructions executable by a processor to cause the processor to:

identify, by the processor, one or more vehicles within a particular radius to a first vehicle based on one of: WiFi network visibility, a geo-fenced radius with known geo-tags of the one or more vehicles, or scanning for visible Bluetooth devices;

receive, by the processor, a selection for a particular vehicle of the one or more vehicles identified based on descriptive wireless tags or line-of-sight selection from a first device in the first vehicle;

establish, by the processor, a connection between the first device in the first vehicle and a second device in the particular vehicle;

receive, by the processor, a selection for a predetermined message;

receive, by the processor, an image of a problem associated with the particular vehicle; and

send, by the processor, the predetermined message and the image from the first device to the second device.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 13, 2021
From: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
To: KYNDRYL, INC.
Reel/Frame 057885/0644 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2016
From: CHILDRESS, RHONDA L.; ECKERT, KIM A.; MCNAIR, RYAN D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 038414/0207 →