Vehicle telematics and account management
Methods, computer-readable media, software, and apparatuses provide a system that may facilitate communications so that parents or other superiors may monitor driving behavior of a vehicle carrying children or other subordinates. The system may allow communications to be sent from a parent computing device to a particular child computing device to set conditions for notifying the parent or superior of the driving behavior of a vehicle. Child computing devices may collect drive data (e.g., vehicle telematics data) for the system to evaluate and determine whether conditions are met (e.g., whether parental restrictions, like a geo-fence, are violated). Further, the system may send notifications to child computing devices and parent computing devices indicating whether the drive data meets the conditions of an agreement between a parent and teen. The system may also provide a web portal for use in forming the agreement between parents and their teens.
1. A system, comprising:
a first computing device associated with a first user in a vehicle, the first computing device configured to:
transmit, via an application executing on the first computing device, data representing a driving behavior of the vehicle;
transmit, to a second computing device, a notification indicating that the first computing device received a user selection to terminate the application, the notification further indicating that the first computing device will stop transmitting additional data; and
the second computing device, the second computing device associated with a second user and configured to receive the data and to receive the notification.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
receive data identifying a geographical region;
determine a current location of the vehicle; and
responsive to determining that the current location of the vehicle is outside of the geographical region, transmit a second notification to the second computing device.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
receive data identifying an updated geographical region; and
output an alert, via a graphical interface, wherein the alert identifies the updated geographical region.
4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
receive data identifying a plurality of geographical driving routes;
determine a current location of the vehicle; and
responsive to determining that the current location of the vehicle is not located on any of the plurality of geographical driving routes, transmit a second notification to the second computing device.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
receive data identifying a threshold speed;
determine a current speed of the vehicle;
compare the current speed of the vehicle with the threshold speed; and
responsive to determining that the current speed of the vehicle is greater than the threshold speed, transmit a second notification to the second computing device.
6. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
receive data identifying an updated threshold speed; and
output an alert identifying the updated threshold speed.
7. The system of claim 4 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
terminate, in response to receiving the user selection, the application; and
automatically re-launch the application after a predetermined time period.
8. The system of claim 1 , wherein the notification further indicates a power level of a battery of the first computing device.
9. A method, comprising:
transmitting, via an application executing on a first computing device associated with a first user in a vehicle, data representing a driving behavior of the vehicle; and
transmitting, by the first computing device and to a second computing device, a notification indicating that the first computing device received a user selection to terminate the application, the notification further indicating that the first computing device will stop transmitting additional data.
10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving data identifying a geographical region;
determining a current location of the vehicle; and
responsive to determining that the current location of the vehicle is outside of the geographical region, transmitting a second notification to the second computing device.
11. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving data identifying an updated geographical region; and
outputting an alert, via a graphical interface, wherein the alert identifies the updated geographical region.
12. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving data identifying a plurality of geographical driving routes;
determining a current location of the vehicle; and
responsive to determining that the current location of the vehicle is not located on any of the plurality of geographical driving routes, transmitting a second notification to the second computing device.
13. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
receiving data identifying a threshold speed;
determining a current speed of the vehicle;
comparing the current speed of the vehicle with the threshold speed; and
responsive to determining that the current speed of the vehicle is greater than the threshold speed, transmitting a second notification to the second computing device.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receiving data identifying an updated threshold speed; and
outputting an alert identifying the updated threshold speed.
15. The method of claim 9 , further comprising:
terminating, in response to receiving the user selection, the application; and
automatically re-launching the application after a predetermined time period.
16. The method of claim 9 , wherein the notification further indicates a power level of a battery of the first computing device.
17. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, cause a first computing device to:
transmit, via an application executing on the first computing device, data representing a driving behavior of a vehicle; and
transmit, to a second computing device, a notification indicating that the first computing device received a user selection to terminate the application, the notification further indicating that the first computing device will stop transmitting additional data.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, further cause the first computing device to:
receive data identifying a geographical region;
determine a current location of the vehicle; and
responsive to determining that the current location of the vehicle is outside of the geographical region, transmit a second notification to the second computing device.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, further cause the first computing device to:
receive data identifying an updated geographical region; and
output an alert, via a graphical interface, wherein the alert identifies the updated geographical region.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , having computer-executable instructions stored thereon that, when executed, further cause the first computing device to
receive data identifying a plurality of geographical driving routes;
determine a current location of the vehicle; and
responsive to determining that the current location of the vehicle is not located on any of the plurality of geographical driving routes, transmit a second notification to the second computing device.