US 11,735,050 B2
Accident reporter
Parag Garg, Woodinville, WA (US); Mehdi Piraee, Bothell, WA (US); Joseph Baird, Kent, WA (US); Nicholas LaVassar, Issaquah, WA (US); and Dhruv Chadha, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed by T-Mobile USA, Inc., Bellevue, WA (US)
Filed on Feb. 1, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/164,724.
Prior Publication US 2022/0246035 A1, Aug. 4, 2022
Int. Cl. G08G 1/16 (2006.01); G08B 25/10 (2006.01); G07C 5/00 (2006.01); G07C 5/08 (2006.01)
CPC G08G 1/164 (2013.01) [G07C 5/008 (2013.01); G07C 5/0808 (2013.01); G08B 25/10 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method, comprising:
receiving, by a server and from a first computing device, data that reflects characteristics of a vehicle;
based on the data that reflects the characteristics of the vehicle, determining, by the server, that the vehicle has been in an accident;
receiving, from a mobile device of a passenger of the vehicle, mobile device data;
based on (i) determining that the vehicle has been in an accident, (ii) the data that reflects the characteristics of the vehicle, and (iii) the mobile device data, determining, by the server, a classification of the accident;
based on the classification of the accident, determining, by the server, additional data to collect and a recipient of a description of the accident;
in response to determining the additional data to collect, identifying, by the server, a second computing device that is configured to provide the additional data;
providing, for output by the server and to the second computing device, a request for the additional data;
in response to providing, for output, the request for the additional data, receiving, by the server and from the second computing device, the additional data;
generating, by the server, the description of the accident based on the data that reflects the characteristics of a vehicle and the additional data; and
providing, for output by the server and to the recipient, the description of the accident.