IP Library Granted Patent US 11,565,587
Granted Patent B2
US 11,565,587 · App. 15/931,883 · Granted Jan 31, 2023

Method and system of deploying ignition interlock device functionality

Inventors: Jennifer Ringgenberg (West Des Moines, IA); Mark Behl (Urbandale, IA); Thomas John Chess (Des Moines, IA)
Assignee: Consumer Safety Technology, LLC
B60K28/063B60R25/04G01N33/4972B60K2028/003B60R2025/0415B60W2540/24
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Patent No.
US 11,565,587
App. No.
15/931,883
Granted
Jan 31, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and a system of deploying ignition interlock device functionality. The method comprises receiving data in authentication of a user account associated with the IID; rendering a user interface at the mobile computing device, the user interface including indication of a status of the user account associated with the IID; and receiving a selection of a user action responsive to the status of the user account associated with the IID.

Claims (36)

1. A method, executed in a processor of a mobile computing device, of deploying an ignition interlock device (IID), the method comprising:

receiving data in authentication of a user account associated with the IID;

rendering a user interface at the mobile computing device, the user interface including indication of a status of the user account associated with the IID wherein the rendering comprises indicating the status as IID re-calibration required and displaying at least a re-calibration due date;

receiving a selection of a user action responsive to the status of the user account associated with the IID; and

soliciting, within the user interface, a user response to the status indicated as IID re-calibration required.

2. The method of claim 1 further comprising rendering second user interface at the mobile computer device indicating the status as a lockout in progress.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising soliciting, in response to the lockout in progress, at least one of a lockout reset and initiation of a communication session with an IID service provider associated with the user account.

4. The method of claim 1 further comprising rendering identification of a re-calibration service facility determined as one of: geographically proximate to a registered location associated with the user account, and geographically proximate to a current location of the IID.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the user response relates to scheduling a re-calibration service appointment with a re-calibration service facility.

6. The method of claim 5 further comprising transmitting, to at least one of an IID service provider associated with the user account and the re-calibration service facility, a request for the re-calibration service appointment.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the rendering comprises indicating the status as a lowered power state of the IID in response to at least one of: an ambient temperature below a threshold temperature value, and a vehicle battery charge level below a predetermined threshold level.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the rendering comprises a home page associated with the user account, the home page displaying a set of user selectable options, the selectable options including at least an operational payment facility, an IID lease agreement record, an IID user manual, and a set of communication options enabled to initiate a communication session in real time.

9. A computing system for deploying ignition interlock device (IID) functionality, the computing system comprising:

a processor;

a memory storing a set of instructions, the instructions when executed in the processor causing operations comprising:

receiving data in authentication of a user account associated with the IID;

rendering a user interface at a mobile computing device, the user interface including indication of a status of the user account associated with the IID wherein the rendering comprises a home page associated with the user account, the home page displaying a set of user selectable options, the selectable options including at least an operational payment facility, an IID lease agreement record, an IID user manual, and a set of communication options enabled to initiate a communication session in real time; and

receiving a selection of a user action responsive to the status of the user account associated with the IID.

10. The computing system of claim 9 wherein the rendering comprises indicating the status as a lockout in progress.

11. The computing system of claim 10 , the instructions being executable to cause operations further comprising soliciting, in response to the lockout in progress, at least one of a lockout reset and initiation of a communication session with an IID service provider associated with the user account.

12. The computing system of claim 9 wherein the rendering comprises indicating the status as IID re-calibration required and displaying at least a re-calibration due date.

13. The computing system of claim 12 , the instructions being executable to cause operations further comprising rendering identification of a re-calibration service facility determined as one of: geographically proximate to a registered location associated with the user account, and geographically proximate to a current location of the IID.

14. The computing system of claim 13 , the instructions being executable to cause operations further comprising soliciting, within the user interface, a user response to the status indicated as IID re-calibration required.

15. The computing system of claim 14 wherein the user response relates to scheduling a re-calibration service appointment with the re-calibration service facility.

16. The computing system of claim 15 , the instructions being executable to cause operations further comprising transmitting, to at least one of an IID service provider associated with the user account and the re-calibration service facility, a request for the re-calibration service appointment.

17. The computing system of claim 9 wherein the rendering comprises indicating the status as a lowered power state of the IID in response to at least one of: an ambient temperature below a threshold temperature value, and a vehicle battery charge level below a predetermined threshold level.

18. A method, executed in a processor of a mobile computing device, of deploying an ignition interlock device (IID), the method comprising:

receiving data in authentication of a user account associated with the IID;

rendering a user interface at the mobile computing device, the user interface including indication of a status of the user account associated with the IID wherein the rendering comprises indicating the status as IID re-calibration required and displaying at least a re-calibration due date;

receiving a selection of a user action responsive to the status of the user account associated with the IID; and

rendering identification of a re-calibration service facility determined as one of:

geographically proximate to a registered location associated with the user account, and geographically proximate to a current location of the IID.

19. A method, executed in a processor of a mobile computing device, of deploying an ignition interlock device (IID), the method comprising:

receiving data in authentication of a user account associated with the IID;

rendering a user interface at the mobile computing device, the user interface including indication of a status of the user account associated with the IID, wherein the rendering comprises indicating the status as a lowered power state of the IID in response to an ambient temperature below a threshold temperature value; and

receiving a selection of a user action responsive to the status of the user account associated with the IID.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2022
From: CONSUMER SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, LLC; ALCOHOL DETECTION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY, LLC
To: ARES CAPITAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 061617/0407 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2020
From: RINGGENBERG, JENNIFER; BEHL, MARK; CHESS, THOMAS JOHN
To: CONSUMER SAFETY TECHNOLOGY, LLC
Reel/Frame 054231/0701 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62848502 · May 15, 2019
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