US 11,700,506 B2
Systems and methods for determining a vehicle driver using at least peer-to-peer network signals
Bennett Smith, Inver Grove, MN (US)
Assigned to BlueOwl, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed by BlueOwl, LLC, San Francisco, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 11, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/670,339.
Application 17/670,339 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/100,118, filed on Nov. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,252,532.
Application 17/100,118 is a continuation of application No. 16/736,094, filed on Jan. 7, 2020, granted, now 10,880,686, issued on Dec. 29, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0167118 A1, May 26, 2022
Int. Cl. H04W 4/02 (2018.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.01); H04W 76/14 (2018.01); G01S 15/74 (2006.01); H04W 4/80 (2018.01); G06Q 40/08 (2012.01)
CPC H04W 4/023 (2013.01) [G01S 15/74 (2013.01); H04W 4/40 (2018.02); H04W 4/80 (2018.02); H04W 76/14 (2018.02); G06Q 40/08 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A first user device associated with a first vehicle occupant of a vehicle, the first user device comprising:
at least one processor in communication with a memory and configured to:
collect an audio clip of the vehicle during a vehicle trip;
compare the audio clip of the vehicle to one or more vehicle audio signatures to identify a type of the vehicle;
obtain a spatial map of the vehicle based upon the type of the vehicle;
initiate a ping exchange process by emitting a first set of non-audible ping signals;
detect a second set of non-audible ping signals from a second user device associated with a second vehicle occupant of the vehicle during the vehicle trip;
generate a first relative positioning map based upon the spatial map and the second set of non-audible ping signals, the first relative positioning map including a first position associated with the first vehicle occupant and a second position associated with the second vehicle occupant; and
determine that the first vehicle occupant is a driver or a passenger of the vehicle for the vehicle trip based at least in part upon the first relative positioning map.