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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Jan. 06, 2012
Joseph Elwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan F. Buhler, Escondido, CA (US);
Aliza Duenas Carpio, San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph Elwell, San Diego, CA (US);
Alan F. Buhler, Escondido, CA (US);
Aliza Duenas Carpio, San Diego, CA (US);
Intuit Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A method to communicate driving status from a vehicle. The method includes obtaining, using a mobile device travelling in the vehicle, movement data of the vehicle, determining, using a computer processor of the mobile device, that the vehicle is in motion by analyzing the movement data based on a specified criterion, generating, in response to determining that the vehicle is in motion, driving status data of the vehicle by further analyzing the movement data based on the specified criterion, and transmitting, using the mobile device, the driving status data to a remote user away from the vehicle.