US 11,887,460 B2
Transport-related contact notification
Simon P. Roberts, Celina, TX (US); Yang Ding, Montreal (CA); Daniel Warren Reaser, Oak Point, TX (US); Christopher J. Macpherson, Plano, TX (US); Keaton Khonsari, Plano, TX (US); Derek A. Thompson, Dallas, TX (US); and Sergei Gage, Redford, MI (US)
Assigned to TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by TOYOTA CONNECTED NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US); and TOYOTA MOTOR NORTH AMERICA, INC., Plano, TX (US)
Filed on Aug. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/400,279.
Prior Publication US 2023/0048305 A1, Feb. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. G08B 21/04 (2006.01); G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 5/0205 (2006.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)
CPC G08B 21/0453 (2013.01) [G16H 40/67 (2018.01); A61B 5/02055 (2013.01); G16H 40/20 (2018.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
receiving, via a transport, a first health characteristic of an occupant from a first device affixed to the transport;
responsive to the first health characteristic being at or outside a threshold, transmitting a query from the transport to a second device associated with one or more transport occupants;
receiving, via the transport, a response message from the second device comprising a second health characteristic of the occupant;
when the second health characteristic is outside the threshold, creating a notification comprising information identifying a sickness associated with the occupant, via the transport;
identifying a location history of the second device and one or more other devices identified as contacts of the occupant; and
transmitting the notification, to one or more of the other devices that were determined to be previously proximate the second device based on the location history.