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Integrated fleet vehicle management system

  • US 10,032,317 B2
  • Filed: 03/25/2015
  • Issued: 07/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/11/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An integrated vehicle management system comprising:

  • a telematics server that receives vehicle state data from an onboard unit of the vehicle, wherein the vehicle state data is transmitted from the vehicle over a wireless network to the telematics server, and the telematics server stores connectivity parameters for at least one of web-service-based connectivity and file-based connectivity to connect to an integration subsystem and transmit the vehicle state data to the integration subsystem;

    the integration subsystem comprising at least one processor and a mapping and transformation module and a connectivity module executed by the at least one processor,wherein the integration subsystem determines a destination of the vehicle state data, and the destination comprises at least one of a database and analytics layer and an enterprise resource planning (ERP) application associated with vehicle management and hosted on a different platform from the database and analytics layer, andthe mapping and transformation module;

    determines a format for the vehicle state data according to the at least one of the database and analytics layer and the ERP application associated with vehicle management, and a source of the vehicle state data,maps fields from the source of the vehicle state data to corresponding fields in the destination, the fields comprising a data type field; and

    transforms the vehicle state data to the determined format, based on the mapping;

    the connectivity module determines connectivity parameters to establish communication with the destination, wherein the connectivity module establishes a communication between the integration subsystem and the destination by selecting an adapter,the establishing a communication based on the connectivity parameters and a compatibility of the integration subsystem with a connectivity type, andthe adapter being one of;

    a file adapter for file-based connectivity,a web service adapter for web-service-based connectivity, anda database adapter for database based connectivity; and

    the database and analytics layer includes data storage and stores the vehicle state data in the data storage, and determines whether an actionable vehicle event occurs from the vehicle state data, wherein the actionable vehicle event is associated with service or use of the vehicle, andin response to determining the actionable vehicle event occurred, the database and analytics layer;

    transmitting information for the actionable vehicle event to the ERP application via the integration subsystem, andreceiving a service ticket generated by the ERP application via the integration sub system,wherein the database and analytics layer retrieves, from the data storage vehicle, information related to the service ticket; and

    a mobility server transmitting the service ticket and vehicle information to a remote computer via a network.

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