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:
synchronize, via an application executing on the first computing device, with a second computing device;
receive, via the synchronizing, a geo-fence;
determine that the vehicle has initiated a trip;
receive, from the vehicle and during the trip, driving data collected by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
determine, based on the driving data, that the vehicle is outside the geo-fence;
output, to a display screen of the first computing device, a first notification indicating that vehicle is outside the geo-fence;
determine that a new parameter for the geo-fence has been received from the second computing device;
update, in real-time and based on the new parameter, the geo-fence; and
output, to the display screen of the second computing device, a second notification indicating the new parameter; and
the second computing device, the second computing device associated with a second user and configured to send the geo-fence and the new parameter to the first computing device.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the determining that the vehicle has initiated a trip comprises:
receiving a current speed of the vehicle; and
determining that the current speed of the vehicle is greater than a threshold speed.
3. The system of claim 1 , wherein the geo-fence comprises at least one of:
a geographical region; or
a plurality of geographical driving routes.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the driving data comprises a current location of the vehicle, and wherein the determining that the vehicle is outside the geo-fence comprises:
determining that the current location of the vehicle is not located on any of the plurality of geographical driving routes.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the new parameter comprises a geographical region for the geo-fence.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
determine, based on the driving data, that a speed of the vehicle is above a threshold speed; and
output, to the display screen of the first computing device and based on one or more notification settings, a third notification indicating that the speed of the vehicle is above the threshold speed.
7. The system of claim 6 , wherein the first computing device is further configured to:
receive the one or more notification settings from the second computing device.
8. A method comprising:
synchronizing, via an application executing on a first computing device, with a second computing device, wherein the first computing device is associated with a vehicle;
receiving, via the synchronizing, a geo-fence;
determining that the vehicle has initiated a trip;
receiving, from the vehicle and during the trip, driving data collected by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
determining, based on the driving data, that the vehicle is outside the geo-fence;
outputting, to a display screen of the first computing device, a first notification indicating that vehicle is outside the geo-fence;
determining that a new parameter for the geo-fence has been received from the second computing device;
updating, in real-time and based on the new parameter, the geo-fence; and
outputting, to the display screen of the second computing device, a second notification indicating the new parameter.
9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the determining that the vehicle has initiated a trip comprises:
receiving a current speed of the vehicle; and
determining that the current speed of the vehicle is greater than a threshold speed.
10. The method of claim 8 , wherein the geo-fence comprises at least one of:
a geographical region; or
a plurality of geographical driving routes.
11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the driving data comprises a current location of the vehicle, and wherein the determining that the vehicle is outside the geo-fence comprises:
determining that the current location of the vehicle is not located on any of the plurality of geographical driving routes.
12. The method of claim 8 , wherein the new parameter comprises an updated geographical region for the geo-fence.
13. The method of claim 8 , further comprising:
determining, based on the driving data, that a speed of the vehicle is above a threshold speed; and
outputting, to the display screen of the first computing device and based on one or more notification settings, a third notification indicating that the speed of the vehicle is above the threshold speed.
14. The method of claim 13 , further comprising:
receive the one or more notification settings from the second computing device.
15. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions stored thereon for performing a computer process on a computing system, the computer process comprising:
synchronize, via an application executing on the first computing device, with a second computing device, wherein the first computing device is associated with a vehicle;
receiving, via the synchronizing, a geo-fence;
determining that the vehicle has initiated a trip;
receiving, from the vehicle and during the trip, driving data collected by one or more sensors of the vehicle;
determining, based on the driving data, that the vehicle is outside the geo-fence;
outputting, to a display screen of the first computing device, a first notification indicating that vehicle is outside the geo-fence;
determining that a new parameter for the geo-fence has been received from the second computing device;
updating, in real-time and based on the new parameter, the geo-fence; and
outputting, to the display screen of the second computing device, a second notification indicating the new parameter.
16. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the determining that the vehicle has initiated a trip comprises:
receiving a current speed of the vehicle; and
determining that the current speed of the vehicle is greater than a threshold speed.
17. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the geo-fence comprises at least one of:
a geographical region; or
a plurality of geographical driving routes.
18. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 17 , wherein the driving data comprises a current location of the vehicle, and wherein the determining that the vehicle is outside the geo-fence comprises:
determining that the current location of the vehicle is not located on any of the plurality of geographical driving routes.
19. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , wherein the new parameter comprises a geographical region for the geo-fence.
20. The non-transitory computer-readable medium of claim 15 , the computer process further comprising:
receiving one or more notification settings from the second computing device;
determine, based on the driving data, that a speed of the vehicle is above a threshold speed; and
outputting, to the display screen of the first computing device and based on the one or more notification settings, a third notification indicating that the speed of the vehicle is above the threshold speed.