IP Library Granted Patent US 9,561,750
Granted Patent B1
US 9,561,750 · App. 15/253,457 · Granted Feb 7, 2017

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
B60Q9/00H04W4/046
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,561,750
App. No.
15/253,457
Granted
Feb 7, 2017
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 method for communicating a notification to a particular vehicle, the method comprising:

identifying, by a processor in the first vehicle, one or more vehicles within a particular radius to the 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;

receiving, 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;

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

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

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

sending, 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 Aug 31, 2016
From: CHILDRESS, RHONDA L.; ECKERT, KIM A.; MCNAIR, RYAN D.
To: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039606/0637 →
Continuity (1)
Continuation 15141534 · Apr 28, 2016