Granted Patent B2

US 12,190,650 · App. 18/206,071 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Inventors: Jaya Bharath R. Goluguri (McKinney, TX); Felipe G. Salles (Garland, TX); Christopher J. Risberg (Flower Mound, TX); Joshua C. Batie (Frisco, TX)

Assignee: TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC.

G07C5/008H04W4/40

Abstract

Claims (37)

1. A system, comprising:

a server configured to:

receive sensor data from at least one sensor of a transport;

compare the sensor data to one or more predetermined operation thresholds of the transport;

determine an action to be taken by the transport based on the comparison; and

transmit the action to the transport to modify an operation of the transport, wherein the modified operation alters a course of the transport;

wherein the sensor data is assigned to one or more categories based on share permissions of the sensor data stored in a profile associated with the transport.

2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of different sensor data sets from a plurality of different sensor types and one or more computing devices associated with the transport.

3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of different sensor data sets are assigned to one or more categories, and wherein one or more recipients comprise a plurality of different recipients that correspond with different categories assigned to their respective recipient profiles.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the sensor data comprises one or more of a radio station selection, recorded audio, mobile device usage within the transport, telephone calls conducted inside the transport, browser history of one or more computing devices, purchases conducted via the at least one of computing devices inside the transport, movement of the transport, collision of the transport, acceleration of the transport, temperature of the transport, location of the transport, and detected traffic near the transport.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of different sensor types used related to the sensor data comprises movement sensors, sonar sensors, accelerometers, temperature sensors, speed sensors, sound sensors, collision sensors, tire pressure sensors, location determination sensors, camera sensors, activity sensors, and biometric sensors.

6. The system of claim 1 , further comprising:

a distributed ledger stored in memory; and

wherein a smart contract stored in the distributed ledger is invoked responsive to the sensor data being identified as being associated with sensor data shared permissions, wherein the smart contract comprises at least a portion of a transport profile, recipient profiles, a type of sensor data associated with recipient profiles, and a value assigned to the transport based on the sensor data being shared.

7. A method, comprising:

receiving sensor data from at least one sensor of a transport;

comparing the sensor data to one or more predetermined operation thresholds of the transport;

determining an action to be taken by the transport based on the comparing; and

transmitting the action to the transport to modify an operation of the transport, wherein the modified operation alters a course of the transport;

wherein the sensor data is assigned to one or more categories based on share permissions of the sensor data stored in a profile associated with the transport.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of different sensor data sets from a plurality of different sensor types and one or more computing devices associated with the transport.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of different sensor data sets are assigned to one or more categories, and wherein one or more recipients comprise a plurality of different recipients that correspond with different categories assigned to their respective recipient profiles.

10. The method of claim 7 , wherein the sensor data comprises one or more of a radio station selection, recorded audio, mobile device usage within the transport, telephone calls conducted inside the transport, browser history of one or more computing devices, purchases conducted via the at least one of computing devices inside the transport, movement of the transport, collision of the transport, acceleration of the transport, temperature of the transport, location of the transport, and detected traffic near the transport.

11. The method of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of different sensor types used related to the sensor data comprises movement sensors, sonar sensors, accelerometers, temperature sensors, speed sensors, sound sensors, collision sensors, tire pressure sensors, location determination sensors, camera sensors, activity sensors, and biometric sensors.

12. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:

storing a smart contract in a distributed ledger; and

invoking the smart contract responsive to the sensor data being identified as being associated with sensor data shared permissions, wherein the smart contract comprises at least a portion of a transport profile, recipient profiles, a type of sensor data associated with recipient profiles, and a value assigned to the transport based on sensor data being shared.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium comprising instructions, that when read by a processor, cause the processor to perform:

receiving sensor data from at least one sensor of a transport;

comparing the sensor data to one or more predetermined operation thresholds of the transport;

determining an action to be taken by the transport based on the comparing; and

transmitting the action to the transport to modify an operation of the transport, wherein the modified operation alters a course of the transport;

wherein the sensor data is assigned to one or more categories based on share permissions of the sensor data stored in a profile associated with the transport.

14. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the sensor data comprises a plurality of different sensor data sets from a plurality of different sensor types and one or more computing devices associated with the transport.

15. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 14 , wherein the plurality of different sensor data sets are assigned to one or more categories, and wherein one or more recipients comprise a plurality of different recipients that correspond with different categories assigned to their respective recipient profiles.

16. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the sensor data comprises one or more of a radio station selection, recorded audio, mobile device usage within the transport, telephone calls conducted inside the transport, browser history of one or more computing devices, purchases conducted via the at least one of computing devices inside the transport, movement of the transport, collision of the transport, acceleration of the transport, temperature of the transport, location of the transport, and detected traffic near the transport.

17. The non-transitory computer readable medium of claim 13 , wherein a plurality of different sensor types used related to the sensor data comprises movement sensors, sonar sensors, accelerometers, temperature sensors, speed sensors, sound sensors, collision sensors, tire pressure sensors, location determination sensors, camera sensors, activity sensors, and biometric sensors.

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