US 12,286,951 B2
Cloud-enabled vehicle autostart monitoring
Laura Crawford, Chicago, IL (US); Garth Wesley Hopkins, Lisle, IL (US); Oddy Khamharn, Lombard, IL (US); Edward James Lukas, Batavia, IL (US); Erich Struckmeyer, Barrington, IL (US); and James Trainor, Chicago, IL (US)
Assigned to THE CHAMBERLAIN GROUP LLC., Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed by The Chamberlain Group LLC, Oak Brook, IL (US)
Filed on Aug. 29, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/239,479.
Application 18/239,479 is a continuation of application No. 17/666,778, filed on Feb. 8, 2022, granted, now 11,773,815.
Application 17/666,778 is a continuation of application No. 16/413,148, filed on May 15, 2019, granted, now 11,248,576, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/674,601, filed on May 21, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0407830 A1, Dec. 21, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F02N 11/08 (2006.01); B60W 10/06 (2006.01); E05F 15/668 (2015.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01)
CPC F02N 11/0837 (2013.01) [B60W 10/06 (2013.01); E05F 15/668 (2015.01); G06V 20/56 (2022.01); E05Y 2900/106 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed by a processor, cause performance of operations comprising:
at a server computer external to a vehicle:
receiving a request to change a state of the vehicle in a garage;
receiving a garage status parameter of the garage detected by an access control system of the garage and a vehicle status parameter of the vehicle;
determining whether to change the state of the vehicle based on the garage status parameter and the vehicle status parameter; and
communicating a command to the vehicle to cause the vehicle to change the state of the vehicle.