Patent ID: 7403134
Filing Date: 2008-07-22
Classification: G08G

Abstract:
1. A vehicle driver guarding system using a vehicle telematics service, the system comprising: a vehicle telematics system; and a central information center configured to communicate with the vehicle telematics system through a mobile communication system and initiate a vehicle driver guarding function upon non-reception of a predetermined response from the vehicle telematics system, wherein the vehicle telematics system is configured to receive a final destination, calculate a final destination arrival expectation time being a time taken to arrive at the received final destination, notify the central information center of the calculated expectation time through the mobile communication system, receive a vehicle driver guard confirmation message from the central information center through the mobile communication system under a predetermined control, and transmit a response message to the received confirmation message, to the central information center through the mobile communication system, wherein the central information center is configured to be notified of the final destination arrival expectation time, transmit the vehicle driver guard confirmation message to the vehicle telematics system through the mobile communication system when the notified expectation time lapses and then a preset time lapses, and perform a vehicle driver guarding function upon non-reception of the response message to the vehicle driver guard confirmation message within the preset time.