Unified Interface for Automated Vehicle Fueling
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional telematics services do not provide a unified interface for an enhanced vehicle ownership experience, lacking integration of vehicle telematics data with smart fuel dispensing and cloud-based commerce solutions to offer personalized services to vehicle owners.
Innovation Solution
A computer system and method that processes vehicle ownership support data by receiving telematics data, analyzing for low fuel conditions, identifying nearby fuel stations, determining fueling permissions, and automatically initiating fueling sessions through a mobile application, integrating vehicle telematics with cloud-based multichannel commerce and smart fuel dispensing systems.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional telematics services are used, then basic location and vehicle data services are provided, but a unified interface for enhanced vehicle ownership experience is not provided
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple previously separate services (telematics, fuel dispensing, commerce solutions) into a single unified interface accessible through a mobile application. This merging allows the system to provide enhanced vehicle ownership experiences by integrating data and functionality across different service domains while presenting a single coherent interface to the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified interface provides multi-functional capabilities by serving as a single access point for various vehicle ownership services including telematics monitoring, fuel station location, automated fueling authorization, and other vehicle-related services. This universal interface replaces the need for multiple separate systems and interfaces.
2Ease of operation
If automated fueling services are implemented, then customer convenience is improved, but integration complexity between telematics and fuel dispensing systems increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by automatically authorizing fueling sessions before the vehicle arrives at the fuel station. The unified interface pre-approves fuel dispensing based on account credentials and permissions, so that when the vehicle reaches the station, the fueling process can begin immediately without manual authorization delays.
Solution Approach 2:
The unified interface acts as an intermediary layer between the telematics system and the fuel dispensing system. It receives vehicle data and owner preferences from the telematics system, processes fueling authorization requests, and communicates with the fuel dispensing system to execute the fueling session, thereby simplifying the integration complexity through a centralized mediation point.
3Reliability
If telematics data is continuously monitored for fuel levels, then fuel-related issues are prevented, but data processing requirements increase
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback mechanisms by continuously monitoring telematics data for fuel levels and automatically triggering notifications or actions when thresholds are reached. The unified interface receives real-time fuel level data from the telematics system and initiates appropriate responses such as alerting the user or pre-authorizing fueling at nearby stations, ensuring reliable fuel supply through automated feedback loops.
Data Source
AI summary
A computer system includes a memory with instructions to receive telematics data regarding a vehicle, analyze the telematics data to determine a low fuel condition based on the fuel of the vehicle violating a predetermined threshold, and determine a location of the vehicle based on at least one of the telematics data. The instructions, in response to determining the low fuel condition, further identify one or more fuel dispensing stations in proximity to the location of the vehicle, provide information related to the one or more fuel dispensing stations to a mobile application displayed to a driver of the vehicle, and determine a scope of fueling permissions associated with the vehicle at the one of the one or more fuel dispensing stations. The instructions also automatically initiate a fueling session at the one of the one or more fuel dispensing stations contingent upon the scope of fueling permission.