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- This invention relates generally to a system and method for allowing non-human autonomous agents to participate in a social network and, more particularly, to a system and method for allowing non-human autonomous agents, such as vehicles, to participate in a social network that allows human participants of the network to contact the agents.
- a growing community of individuals that use the Internet participate in one or more social networks that allow the participants of the network to interact with each other in a social manner and exchange personal information and otherwise.
- Examples of such social networks include, but are not limited to, FacebookTM, TwitterTM, MyspaceTM, etc., all well known to those skilled in the art.
- IP address internet protocol address
- a particular user will typically go to the network's website, enter their email address, or other unique identifier, such as an internet protocol address (IP address), and create a profile for that email address that includes information about the user.
- IP address internet protocol address
- the particular network goes through a validation process, typically by sending a message to the email address entered by the user to verify that it is authentic. Once the particular user is verified and creates a profile on the network, that user can now gain access to the particular features provided by the network, which include sending messages and interacting with other participants of the network.
- These networks allow the participants to post information about themselves, some of which may be personal, such as photographs, telephone numbers, addresses, etc., and then selectively allow that information to be viewed by other participants on the network in a manner that is controlled by the particular participant.
- a particular user of the social network may post things on their particular profile page that is available to all of the users of the network to view, and may also provide private information that only those users that are selected by the participant can view. For example, family members and close friends of a particular participant may be allowed access to information that is highly personal, while other participants of the network may be selectively allowed access to more general information about the particular participant. This allows the participants of the network to communicate and socialize with each other in a manner that allows the various participants to meet and correspond with new people. To date, all of the participants of these types of social networks have been human participants.
- OnStarTM provides a wireless communications tool for so equipped vehicles that allows members that subscribe to the service to receive by email various messages and information about their vehicle that has been telematically transmitted by the vehicle to an OnStarTM service center.
- the OnStarTM service center provides this wireless service in a manner that is well understood by those skilled in the art.
- an OnStarTM subscriber may elect to receive a monthly diagnostic and information report identifying certain vehicle conditions, such as engine and transmission diagnostics, emissions system diagnostics, air bag system diagnostics, stability control system diagnostics, oil life, cellular telephone minutes, etc.
- OnStarTM also offers a number of other features, including hands free calling, turn-by-turn navigation, automatic crash response, emergency services, crisis assist, remote door unlock, roadside assistance, remote horn and light activation, etc. These expanding features allow a subscriber to have more information about his or her vehicle and provide certain vehicle functions remotely.
- a system and method that allow non-human autonomous agents to participate in a social internet network.
- the system defines the autonomous agent by a standard email address, website address, or other such identification, that allows human participants of the social network to contact the non-human autonomous agent to perform some operation through the Internet.
- the non-human autonomous agent is a vehicle that allows the vehicle owner, or user, to contact the vehicle through the social network to perform some operation, such as unlocking the vehicle doors, and allow authorized participants of the social network to see the vehicle as a participant of the network to gain information therefrom, such as the location of the vehicle.
- FIG. 1 is a plan view of a social networking interface between an OnStarTM user and a social internet network;
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of a social internet network that provides interaction between a non-human autonomous agent, such as a vehicle, and human users of the network; and
- FIG. 3 is a representation of a social network screen on a computer monitor for the autonomous agent shown in FIG. 2 .
- the following discussion of the embodiments of the invention directed to a social network that includes non-human autonomous agents is merely exemplary in nature, and is in no way intended to limit the invention or its applications or uses.
- the discussion below includes specific embodiments where a vehicle is the autonomous agent that is part of the social network.
- the autonomous agent can be any non-human machine or device from which or to which information can be exchanged.
- the present invention proposes a social internet network that includes non-human autonomous agents.
- the social network can be similar to or actually be known social networks, such as FacebookTM, TwitterTM, MyspaceTM, etc., that allows the exchange of information between participants of the network including the autonomous agent.
- the social network described herein is different than the existing art in that it allows the non-human autonomous agents to be one of those participants that the human agents can communicate with to perform various tasks.
- One specific application discussed herein is allowing a vehicle to be the autonomous agent so that vehicle owner and users, and possibly others, can communicate with the vehicle to obtain information from the vehicle or provide commands to the vehicle through the network.
- the autonomous agent can be any agent that can be in communication with the social network that may benefit from the exchange of information.
- Other examples include, but are not limited to, a smart house, a digital video recorder (DVR), a security system, an HVAC system, a traffic control system, etc.
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- FIG. 1 is a plan view of a social internet network 10 of the type discussed above.
- the network 10 uses OnStarTM telematic transmissions to allow a vehicle 12 to be part of the network 10 .
- the vehicle 12 includes on-board telematics 14 that receive diagnostic and other information from various systems on the vehicle 12 and transmits that information to an OnStarTM server 16 , or service center, using a cellular network including cell towers 18 .
- the OnStarTM communications link and operation that is part of the network 10 operates in the well known manner referred to above, where information from the vehicle 12 is received and processed, and periodically emailed to the owner of the vehicle 12 using the server 16 .
- the user of the vehicle 12 can contact the OnStarTM server 16 by telephone to provide commands to the on-board telematics 14 to cause the vehicle 12 to perform some operation, such as unlocking the vehicle doors.
- the OnStarTM service discussed so far is well known to those skilled in the art.
- the network 10 also allows the vehicle 12 to be a non-human autonomous agent of the network 10 through a social network server 22 , for example, a FacebookTM server.
- the vehicle 12 makes contact with the network server 22 through the service center server 16 .
- the vehicle 12 can be a participant of the social network 10 through the server 22 by giving it a unique identification, such as an OnStarTM email address VIN@OnStar.com, where “VIN” is replaced by the vehicle's identification number, for example, 1GTR2VE34BZ112963@onstar.com.
- the server 22 would allow the vehicle 12 to be a participant of the network 10 based on the same validation process that it would use to allow human participants to be part of the network 10 .
- the network 10 may allow the vehicle 12 , or other autonomous agent, to be part of the network 10 by other types of identification other than email addresses including other unique identifiers, such as an internet protocol address (IP address).
- IP address internet protocol address
- OnStarTM provides the programming and intelligence needed from the vehicle 12 , or other device, for communicating with the network 10 .
- a particular participant 20 can include their vehicle as one of their contacts in the social network 10 so that the participant 20 can receive information from and provide information to the vehicle 12 through the social network 10 .
- the participant 20 can allow other participants 24 , such as friends or users of the vehicle 12 , to also receive information from the vehicle 12 .
- FIG. 2 is a plan view of a social network 30 where like elements to the social network 10 are identified by the same reference numeral.
- the vehicle 12 or other device, provides the programming and intelligence necessary to communicate with the network 30
- the network server 22 would include a basic suite of social networking primitive functions to support the non-human participants of the network 30 .
- the OnStarTM server 16 has been eliminated, so the participant 20 would contact the vehicle 12 directly through the social network server 22 . Therefore, the one or more participants 20 can directly interact with the vehicle 12 , where the vehicle 12 is directly considered the participant of the network 30 without having to go through the OnStarTM server 16 to provide the needed intelligent responses.
- the vehicle 12 is a seamless participant of the network 30 in that the human participant 20 of the network 30 can communicate with and receive information from the vehicle 12 as if it were any other participant in the network 30 .
- Telematic and other information wirelessly transmitted to the server 22 can be posted by the server 22 as part of the profile of the vehicle 12 , where the actual owner or user, of the vehicle 12 would be the actual agent that controlled what information is available by other participants 24 using the network 30 .
- FIG. 3 is a depiction of a screen 40 including a message board 42 of a participant 20 on a computer that shows a vehicle 44 as being one of the contacts for the particular participant 20 .
- Specific buttons 46 can be provided on the screen 40 , such as get vehicle location, get estimated time of arrival, unlock doors, request road side assistance, etc., to allow the participant 20 easy communication with the vehicle 12 .
- the vehicle 12 would also have its own profile screen as being one of the participants of the network 30 .
- the participant or participants 20 can make requests of the vehicle 12 , such as vehicle location, vehicle estimated time of arrival to a destination, identification of destination, diagnostic status, upcoming maintenance, service appointments, etc. Further, the participant 20 can provide commands to the vehicle 12 including set destination, unlock doors, schedule update posts, report stolen vehicle, request medical assistance, request roadside assistance, etc.
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Abstract
A system and method that allow non-human autonomous agents to participate in a social internet network. The system defines the autonomous agent by a standard email address, website address, or other such identification, that allows human participants of the social network to contact the non-human autonomous agent to perform some operation through the Internet. In one non-limiting example, the non-human autonomous agent is a vehicle that allows the vehicle owner, or user, to contact the vehicle through the social network to perform some operation, such as unlocking the vehicle doors, and allow authorized participants of the social network to see the vehicle as a participant of the network to gain information therefrom, such as the location of the vehicle.
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- This application is a Continuation Application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 12/882,893, entitled, “Social Networking With Autonomous Agents,” filed Sep. 15, 2010.
- Field of the Invention
- This invention relates generally to a system and method for allowing non-human autonomous agents to participate in a social network and, more particularly, to a system and method for allowing non-human autonomous agents, such as vehicles, to participate in a social network that allows human participants of the network to contact the agents.
- Discussion of the Related Art
- A growing community of individuals that use the Internet participate in one or more social networks that allow the participants of the network to interact with each other in a social manner and exchange personal information and otherwise. Examples of such social networks include, but are not limited to, Facebook™, Twitter™, Myspace™, etc., all well known to those skilled in the art. For these types of social networks, a particular user will typically go to the network's website, enter their email address, or other unique identifier, such as an internet protocol address (IP address), and create a profile for that email address that includes information about the user. The particular network goes through a validation process, typically by sending a message to the email address entered by the user to verify that it is authentic. Once the particular user is verified and creates a profile on the network, that user can now gain access to the particular features provided by the network, which include sending messages and interacting with other participants of the network.
- These networks allow the participants to post information about themselves, some of which may be personal, such as photographs, telephone numbers, addresses, etc., and then selectively allow that information to be viewed by other participants on the network in a manner that is controlled by the particular participant. A particular user of the social network may post things on their particular profile page that is available to all of the users of the network to view, and may also provide private information that only those users that are selected by the participant can view. For example, family members and close friends of a particular participant may be allowed access to information that is highly personal, while other participants of the network may be selectively allowed access to more general information about the particular participant. This allows the participants of the network to communicate and socialize with each other in a manner that allows the various participants to meet and correspond with new people. To date, all of the participants of these types of social networks have been human participants.
- OnStar™ provides a wireless communications tool for so equipped vehicles that allows members that subscribe to the service to receive by email various messages and information about their vehicle that has been telematically transmitted by the vehicle to an OnStar™ service center. The OnStar™ service center provides this wireless service in a manner that is well understood by those skilled in the art. Currently, an OnStar™ subscriber may elect to receive a monthly diagnostic and information report identifying certain vehicle conditions, such as engine and transmission diagnostics, emissions system diagnostics, air bag system diagnostics, stability control system diagnostics, oil life, cellular telephone minutes, etc. OnStar™ also offers a number of other features, including hands free calling, turn-by-turn navigation, automatic crash response, emergency services, crisis assist, remote door unlock, roadside assistance, remote horn and light activation, etc. These expanding features allow a subscriber to have more information about his or her vehicle and provide certain vehicle functions remotely.
- In accordance with the teachings of the present invention, a system and method are disclosed that allow non-human autonomous agents to participate in a social internet network. The system defines the autonomous agent by a standard email address, website address, or other such identification, that allows human participants of the social network to contact the non-human autonomous agent to perform some operation through the Internet. In one non-limiting example, the non-human autonomous agent is a vehicle that allows the vehicle owner, or user, to contact the vehicle through the social network to perform some operation, such as unlocking the vehicle doors, and allow authorized participants of the social network to see the vehicle as a participant of the network to gain information therefrom, such as the location of the vehicle.
- Additional features of the present invention will become apparent from the following description and appended claims, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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FIG. 1 is a plan view of a social networking interface between an OnStar™ user and a social internet network; -
FIG. 2 is a plan view of a social internet network that provides interaction between a non-human autonomous agent, such as a vehicle, and human users of the network; and -
FIG. 3 is a representation of a social network screen on a computer monitor for the autonomous agent shown inFIG. 2 . - The following discussion of the embodiments of the invention directed to a social network that includes non-human autonomous agents is merely exemplary in nature, and is in no way intended to limit the invention or its applications or uses. For example, the discussion below includes specific embodiments where a vehicle is the autonomous agent that is part of the social network. However, as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art, the autonomous agent can be any non-human machine or device from which or to which information can be exchanged.
- As will be discussed in detail below, the present invention proposes a social internet network that includes non-human autonomous agents. The social network can be similar to or actually be known social networks, such as Facebook™, Twitter™, Myspace™, etc., that allows the exchange of information between participants of the network including the autonomous agent. The social network described herein is different than the existing art in that it allows the non-human autonomous agents to be one of those participants that the human agents can communicate with to perform various tasks. One specific application discussed herein is allowing a vehicle to be the autonomous agent so that vehicle owner and users, and possibly others, can communicate with the vehicle to obtain information from the vehicle or provide commands to the vehicle through the network. However, it is within the scope of the present invention that the autonomous agent can be any agent that can be in communication with the social network that may benefit from the exchange of information. Other examples include, but are not limited to, a smart house, a digital video recorder (DVR), a security system, an HVAC system, a traffic control system, etc.
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FIG. 1 is a plan view of asocial internet network 10 of the type discussed above. In this example, thenetwork 10 uses OnStar™ telematic transmissions to allow avehicle 12 to be part of thenetwork 10. Thevehicle 12 includes on-board telematics 14 that receive diagnostic and other information from various systems on thevehicle 12 and transmits that information to an OnStar™ server 16, or service center, using a cellular network includingcell towers 18. The OnStar™ communications link and operation that is part of thenetwork 10 operates in the well known manner referred to above, where information from thevehicle 12 is received and processed, and periodically emailed to the owner of thevehicle 12 using theserver 16. Further, the user of thevehicle 12 can contact the OnStar™server 16 by telephone to provide commands to the on-board telematics 14 to cause thevehicle 12 to perform some operation, such as unlocking the vehicle doors. As mentioned above, the OnStar™ service discussed so far is well known to those skilled in the art. - In addition to the OnStar™ operations that can be performed by the
network 10, thenetwork 10 also allows thevehicle 12 to be a non-human autonomous agent of thenetwork 10 through asocial network server 22, for example, a Facebook™ server. In this embodiment, thevehicle 12 makes contact with thenetwork server 22 through theservice center server 16. Thevehicle 12 can be a participant of thesocial network 10 through theserver 22 by giving it a unique identification, such as an OnStar™ email address VIN@OnStar.com, where “VIN” is replaced by the vehicle's identification number, for example, 1GTR2VE34BZ112963@onstar.com. Theserver 22 would allow thevehicle 12 to be a participant of thenetwork 10 based on the same validation process that it would use to allow human participants to be part of thenetwork 10. Thenetwork 10 may allow thevehicle 12, or other autonomous agent, to be part of thenetwork 10 by other types of identification other than email addresses including other unique identifiers, such as an internet protocol address (IP address). - In this design, OnStar™ provides the programming and intelligence needed from the
vehicle 12, or other device, for communicating with thenetwork 10. In this manner, aparticular participant 20 can include their vehicle as one of their contacts in thesocial network 10 so that theparticipant 20 can receive information from and provide information to thevehicle 12 through thesocial network 10. Additionally, theparticipant 20 can allowother participants 24, such as friends or users of thevehicle 12, to also receive information from thevehicle 12. -
FIG. 2 is a plan view of asocial network 30 where like elements to thesocial network 10 are identified by the same reference numeral. In this design, thevehicle 12, or other device, provides the programming and intelligence necessary to communicate with thenetwork 30, and thenetwork server 22 would include a basic suite of social networking primitive functions to support the non-human participants of thenetwork 30. In thesocial network 30, the OnStar™server 16 has been eliminated, so theparticipant 20 would contact thevehicle 12 directly through thesocial network server 22. Therefore, the one ormore participants 20 can directly interact with thevehicle 12, where thevehicle 12 is directly considered the participant of thenetwork 30 without having to go through the OnStar™server 16 to provide the needed intelligent responses. Thus, in thenetwork 30, thevehicle 12, as well as any other type of non-human autonomous agent, is a seamless participant of thenetwork 30 in that thehuman participant 20 of thenetwork 30 can communicate with and receive information from thevehicle 12 as if it were any other participant in thenetwork 30. Telematic and other information wirelessly transmitted to theserver 22 can be posted by theserver 22 as part of the profile of thevehicle 12, where the actual owner or user, of thevehicle 12 would be the actual agent that controlled what information is available byother participants 24 using thenetwork 30. -
FIG. 3 is a depiction of ascreen 40 including amessage board 42 of aparticipant 20 on a computer that shows avehicle 44 as being one of the contacts for theparticular participant 20.Specific buttons 46 can be provided on thescreen 40, such as get vehicle location, get estimated time of arrival, unlock doors, request road side assistance, etc., to allow theparticipant 20 easy communication with thevehicle 12. Thevehicle 12 would also have its own profile screen as being one of the participants of thenetwork 30. - Using the
social network participants 20 can make requests of thevehicle 12, such as vehicle location, vehicle estimated time of arrival to a destination, identification of destination, diagnostic status, upcoming maintenance, service appointments, etc. Further, theparticipant 20 can provide commands to thevehicle 12 including set destination, unlock doors, schedule update posts, report stolen vehicle, request medical assistance, request roadside assistance, etc. - The foregoing discussion discloses and describes merely exemplary embodiments of the present invention. One skilled in the art will readily recognize from such discussion and from the accompanying drawings and claims that various changes, modifications and variations can be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined in the following claims.
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1. A device including a processor being programmed for:
establishing communication between the device and a social network server;
transmitting a unique identification from the device to the social network server over the established communication that identifies the device;
transmitting a device profile associated with the device from the device to the social network server over the established communication; and
receiving social network information included in the device profile from the social network server in response to a requester input to the social network server.
2. The device according to claim 1 wherein the device is a vehicle and the processor is a vehicle computing system.
3. The device according to claim 2 wherein the requester is an owner or user of the vehicle.
4. The device according to claim 2 wherein the social network information is selected from the group consisting of a vehicle location request, an estimated time of arrival request, a door unlock request and a roadside assistance request.
5. The device according to claim 2 wherein the device profile includes information selected from the group consisting of vehicle location, vehicle estimated time of arrival at a destination, identification of a destination, diagnostic status, upcoming maintenance and service appointments.
6. The device according to claim 1 wherein the unique identification is an email address.
7. The device according to claim 1 wherein the unique identification is an internet protocol address.
8. The device according to claim 1 wherein the unique identification includes a vehicle identification number.
9. The device according to claim 1 wherein the processor communicates using a communications link to a wireless vehicle network.
10. The device according to claim 9 wherein the wireless vehicle network is OnStar™.
11. A device including a processor being programmed for:
establishing communication between the device and a social network server;
transmitting a unique identification from the device to the social network server over the established communication that identifies a device profile associated with the device;
receiving social network information from the social network server requesting device information based on requester input at the social network server; and
in response to receiving the social network information, transmitting the requested device information to the social network server for display at the device profile.
12. The device according to claim 11 wherein the device is a vehicle and the processor is a vehicle computing system.
13. The device according to claim 12 wherein the social network information is at least one of a vehicle location request, an estimated time of arrival request, a door unlock request and a roadside assistance request.
14. The device according to claim 12 wherein the device information is at least one of vehicle location, vehicle estimated time of arrival at a destination, identification of a destination, diagnostic status, upcoming maintenance and service appointments.
15. The device according to claim 11 wherein the requester is an owner or user of the vehicle.
16. A vehicle including a processor in communication with a wireless vehicle network and being programmed for:
establishing a wireless communications link with a social network server;
receiving a device profile based on a unique identification associated with the vehicle where the device profile provides at least one of a vehicle location request, an estimated time of arrival request, an unlock door request and a roadside assistance request;
controlling a vehicle system based on the device profile; and
transmitting vehicle information to the device profile.
17. The vehicle according to claim 16 wherein the unique identification is an email address.
18. The vehicle according to claim 16 wherein the unique identification is an internet protocol address.
19. The vehicle according to claim 16 wherein the unique identification includes a vehicle identification number.
20. The vehicle according to claim 16 wherein the wireless vehicle network is OnStar™.
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