Patent ID: 11915586
Assignee: DISH UKRAINE L.L.C.
Field: Control (Instruments)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 0:
1. A method in a computing system including at least one processor for managing vehicle-to-vehicle communication of vehicle status events, the method comprising:
detecting an occurrence of a vehicle status trigger event in a source vehicle;
identifying information describing a type of the vehicle status event;
determining a priority of the vehicle status event, wherein the priority is based at least in part on the type of the vehicle status event;
determining whether the vehicle status event is to be reported to at least one other vehicle;
when the vehicle status event is to be reported to the at least one other vehicle:
generating a vehicle status event message, wherein the vehicle status event message includes the priority of the vehicle status event and at least a portion of the information describing the type of the vehicle status event;
broadcasting the vehicle status event message to the at least one other vehicle, wherein upon receipt of the vehicle status event message, the at least one other vehicle broadcasts the received vehicle status event message to at least a second set of vehicles, wherein the second set of vehicles does not include the source vehicle; and
transmitting instructions to at least the second set of vehicles to operate associated vehicle lights in order to notify one or more non-connected vehicles of the vehicle status event.