Device-Vehicle Interoperability Verification
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Solution Overview
Problem
Users face difficulties in determining the compatibility of their mobile communications devices with vehicles, leading to potential incompatibilities that can result in customer dissatisfaction and increased buy-backs due to the lack of efficient interoperability verification methods.
Innovation Solution
A method where a mobile communications device obtains vehicle information, transmits it along with its identification to a server, which queries a database to determine interoperability, and sends a message back to the device with compatibility data, instructions, or suggestions for compatibility, allowing users to verify and potentially correct incompatibilities before or after purchase.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If users manually check online databases for device compatibility, then they can verify interoperability, but the process is time-consuming and complex
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs interoperability verification in advance before the user actually uses the device in the vehicle. The server pre-processes device information against vehicle compatibility databases, and provides results before purchase or initial use, eliminating the need for time-consuming manual research at the point of need.
Solution Approach 2:
A server acts as an intermediary between the user's mobile device and the online compatibility databases. The server automatically queries multiple database sources, processes the information, and delivers consolidated compatibility results to the user, simplifying what would otherwise require manual searching across multiple sources.
2Loss of information
If users manually research device compatibility online, then they can find interoperability information, but the process is complex and user-unfriendly
Solution Approach 1:
The system consolidates multiple sources of compatibility information (online databases, vehicle specifications, device profiles) into a single unified verification process. The server aggregates data from various sources and presents a single comprehensive compatibility assessment, eliminating the need for users to manually search and synthesize information from multiple separate sources.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically performs the entire compatibility verification process without requiring user intervention in the research phase. The server autonomously queries databases, processes information, and delivers results, allowing users to simply input their device and vehicle information and receive ready-made compatibility assessments.
3Adaptability or versatility
If compatibility verification is not performed, then users can use any device with any vehicle, but incompatibilities lead to customer dissatisfaction and buy-backs
Solution Approach 1:
The system proactively identifies and prevents compatibility problems before they occur. By verifying interoperability in advance and notifying users of potential incompatibilities, the system prevents the negative outcome of device-vehicle mismatches that would lead to customer dissatisfaction and buy-backs, rather than reacting to problems after they occur.
Data Source
AI summary
A device-vehicle interoperability verification method is disclosed herein. Vehicle information is obtained by a mobile communications device, and this vehicle information pertains to a vehicle within which the device is being used or is going to be used. The vehicle information and device identification information is transmitted from the device to a server. The transmission occurs in response to a command generated by an application resident on the device, which includes computer readable code, embedded on a tangible, non-transitory computer readable medium, for performing the transmission. A data aggregator at the server queries a database to obtain data pertaining to an interoperability between the device and the vehicle, and a communications module at the server sends a message to the device that includes at least the data pertaining to the interoperability between the device and the vehicle.