Cynthia A Knight

US Patent:

20160035146, Feb 4, 2016

Filed:

Jul 31, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/448532

Inventors:

- Torrance CA, US
Cynthia Ann Knight - Redondo Beach CA, US

International Classification:

G07C 5/00
B60Q 1/00
B60Q 9/00

Abstract:

Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for providing friendly maintenance and recall notifications. Drivers can have personalized online driver profiles that indicate preferences for one or more notification classes, each notification class having a consistent theme or style. When a maintenance or recall condition arises, the driver can be presented with a notification that is both specific to the particular maintenance condition and associated with the notification class for which the driver has indicated a preference. Maintenance conditions can be detected by one or more sensors. Notifications for recall conditions can be sent from a remote server and received at the vehicle. A plurality of notifications related to a particular condition can be stored in a notification database, and the driver can be presented with a random notification, consistent with the driver's preferences, from the plurality of available notifications.