	US 11,837,085 B1
	Method and system for rapid graduated motor vehicle detection
Ravi Durairaj, San Antonio, TX (US); Gregory Brian Meyer, San Antonio, TX (US); Oscar Roberto Tijerina, San Antonio, TX (US); Sean Carl Mitchem, San Antonio, TX (US); Stacy Callaway Huggar, San Antonio, TX (US); Ruthie D. Lyle, Durham, NC (US); Nathan Lee Post, San Antonio, TX (US); Mark Anthony Lopez, Helotes, TX (US); and Nolan Serrao, Plano, TX (US)
Assigned to United Services Automobile Association (USAA), San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed by UIPCO, LLC, San Antonio, TX (US)
Filed on May 23, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/751,057.
Application 17/751,057 is a continuation of application No. 16/824,226, filed on Mar. 19, 2020, granted, now 11,417,205.
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G08G 1/017 (2006.01); G06Q 50/26 (2012.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.01); G08G 1/01 (2006.01)

CPC G08G 1/0175 (2013.01) [G06Q 50/26 (2013.01); G08G 1/0112 (2013.01); H04W 4/44 (2018.02)]

20 Claims

1. A method for detection of a target vehicle, the method comprising:

requesting, from one or more remote devices in a first geographic area, information associated with a target vehicle;

receiving, from a first remote device of the one or more remote devices, information associated with the target vehicle;

determining whether the received information associated with the target vehicle from the first remote device matches the requested information;

upon determining that the received information matches the requested information, receiving a current location of the first remote device;

calculating a second geographic area that includes the current location, the second geographic area being smaller than the first geographic area; and

requesting, from one or more remote devices in the second geographic area, the information associated with the target vehicle.