Telematics Service Provisioning for Context-Based Data Plan Control
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing telematics devices in vehicles incur unnecessary data plan expenses and overages due to unmanaged data usage throughout the manufacturing and supply chain, as current systems fail to efficiently control and provision services from the factory level, leading to inefficiencies and increased costs.
Innovation Solution
A system and method that utilize a cloud-based telematics server to manage telematics devices by modifying their behavior based on context, such as location and manufacturing stage, to optimize data transmission and provisioning, thereby avoiding excessive costs through intelligent plan selection and control.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If telematics devices are activated and continuously transmit data throughout the manufacturing and supply chain, then comprehensive tracking and diagnostic information is available, but unnecessary data plan expenses and overages occur due to unmanaged data usage
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically adjusts telematics device behavior based on context, modifying data transmission frequency and plan selection according to the device's location and manufacturing stage. This resolves the contradiction by making data usage adaptive rather than static, ensuring comprehensive information collection when needed while reducing expenses during stationary periods.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters of telematics devices based on context, including data transmission frequency, reporting intervals, and plan selection. By modifying these parameters according to manufacturing stage and location, the system maintains necessary information flow while controlling data plan expenses and avoiding overages.
2Loss of information
If telematics devices transmit data frequently to provide real-time tracking and diagnostics, then data availability and usefulness are improved, but data transmission costs and overage risks increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically changes data transmission parameters including frequency, volume, and timing based on the device's context such as location and manufacturing stage. This ensures data availability is optimized for each situation while controlling the quantity of data transmitted to reduce costs and overage risks.
3Adaptability or versatility
If a single comprehensive data plan is provisioned for telematics devices, then all data needs are covered, but cost efficiency decreases due to paying for unused data capacity during stationary periods
Solution Approach 1:
The system dynamically selects and switches between different data plans based on the device's context, including location and manufacturing stage. This resolves the contradiction by making plan selection adaptive rather than static, ensuring comprehensive coverage when needed while optimizing cost efficiency during stationary periods through appropriate plan selection or suspension.
Solution Approach 2:
The system segments the data plan provisioning into multiple stages corresponding to different manufacturing and supply chain phases. Instead of a single comprehensive plan, different plan types are applied at different stages, improving cost efficiency while maintaining necessary coverage through staged provisioning.
4Productivity
If telematics services are activated at the factory level, then assembly line tracking and diagnostics are enabled, but device complexity and provisioning requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary provisioning actions at the factory level, including connectivity testing, plan selection, and behavior configuration before devices leave the manufacturing facility. This enables assembly line tracking and diagnostics while managing device complexity through automated preliminary setup rather than manual provisioning.
Solution Approach 2:
The system enables telematics devices to self-provision and self-configure based on their context and manufacturing stage. Devices automatically receive appropriate plans and behavior instructions without manual intervention, enabling factory-level tracking while reducing provisioning complexity through automated self-service mechanisms.
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AI summary
A system and method which enables a telematics server and its software to modify telematics device behavior based on the provisioned telecommunications plan depending on the context of the telematics device. The context may be the location, stage of manufacturing process for the device/equipment that the telematics device is fitted to (e.g. a vehicle), the speed, status of various sensors and others. This information is used to both modify device behavior in terms of how often and what is communicated to the telematics server but is also useful in modifying and provisioning new plans for the telematics device (with appropriate transmission configurations matched to the plan). The foregoing allows the telematics device to avoid operating in a way that exceeds telecom plan thresholds and limits.