Friendly maintenance and recall notifications

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9478073
APP PUB NO 20160035146A1
SERIAL NO

14448532

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Disclosed herein are devices, systems, and methods for providing friendly maintenance and recall notifications. Drivers can have personalized online driver profiles that indicate preferences for one or more notification classes, each notification class having a consistent theme or style. When a maintenance or recall condition arises, the driver can be presented with a notification that is both specific to the particular maintenance condition and associated with the notification class for which the driver has indicated a preference. Maintenance conditions can be detected by one or more sensors. Notifications for recall conditions can be sent from a remote server and received at the vehicle. A plurality of notifications related to a particular condition can be stored in a notification database, and the driver can be presented with a random notification, consistent with the driver's preferences, from the plurality of available notifications.

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TOYOTA MOTOR SALES U S A INC19001 S WESTERN AVENUE E-200 TORRANCE CA 90509-2991

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Knight, Cynthia Ann Redondo Beach, US 1 2

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11.5 Year Payment $7400.00 $3700.00 $1850.00 Apr 25, 2028
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