Vehicle monitoring devices, vehicle monitoring management devices, and vehicle monitoring systems
First Claim
1. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
- first circuitry configured to communicate with circuitry of a vehicle being monitored and to receive information regarding the vehicle at a plurality of moments in time;
second circuitry coupled with the first circuitry and configured to generate a plurality of messages, wherein individual ones of the messages include the information regarding the vehicle which was received at one of the plurality of moments in time and timing data which is indicative of timing of the information regarding the vehicle according to an independent timing protocol which is utilized by the vehicle monitoring device and another device which is remote from the vehicle monitoring device;
wherein the first circuity is configured to communicate the plurality of messages externally of the vehicle monitoring device; and
wherein the timing data included in an initial one of the messages synchronizes the another device in time with the vehicle monitoring device, and the timing data included in a subsequent one of the messages is utilized by the another device to validate the information regarding the vehicle which is included in the subsequent message.
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Abstract
Vehicle monitoring devices, vehicle monitoring management devices, and vehicle monitoring systems are described. According to one aspect, a vehicle monitoring device includes first circuitry configured to communicate with a vehicle being monitored and to receive information regarding the vehicle at a plurality of moments in time, second circuitry coupled with the first circuitry and configured to generate a plurality of messages, wherein individual ones of the messages include the information regarding the vehicle which was received at one of the plurality of moments in time and timing data which is indicative of timing of the vehicle data according to an independent timing protocol which is utilized by the vehicle monitoring device and another device which is remote from the vehicle monitoring device, and wherein the first circuity is configured to communicate the plurality of messages externally of the vehicle monitoring device.
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35 Claims
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1. A vehicle monitoring device comprising:
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first circuitry configured to communicate with circuitry of a vehicle being monitored and to receive information regarding the vehicle at a plurality of moments in time; second circuitry coupled with the first circuitry and configured to generate a plurality of messages, wherein individual ones of the messages include the information regarding the vehicle which was received at one of the plurality of moments in time and timing data which is indicative of timing of the information regarding the vehicle according to an independent timing protocol which is utilized by the vehicle monitoring device and another device which is remote from the vehicle monitoring device; wherein the first circuity is configured to communicate the plurality of messages externally of the vehicle monitoring device; and wherein the timing data included in an initial one of the messages synchronizes the another device in time with the vehicle monitoring device, and the timing data included in a subsequent one of the messages is utilized by the another device to validate the information regarding the vehicle which is included in the subsequent message. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A vehicle monitoring management device comprising:
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communications circuitry configured to receive a plurality of messages which individually include information regarding a vehicle being monitored and first timing data which is indicative of timing of the information regarding the vehicle being monitored; and processing circuitry coupled with the communications circuitry, and wherein the first timing data within an initial one of the messages synchronizes the vehicle monitoring management device in time with respect to another device which received the information regarding the vehicle being monitored from the vehicle being monitored, and wherein the processing circuitry is configured to process the first timing data within a subsequent one of the messages with respect to second timing data to determine whether the information regarding the vehicle being monitored within the subsequent message is valid and to generate an alert with respect to the vehicle being monitored as a result of a determination that the information regarding the vehicle within the subsequent message is not valid, and wherein the first timing data is independent of the second timing data. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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27. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:
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a vehicle monitoring device configured to communicate with circuitry of a vehicle being monitored, to receive information regarding the vehicle at a plurality of moments in time, and to output a plurality of messages externally of the vehicle monitoring device; wherein the messages individually include the information regarding the vehicle which was received at one of the plurality of moments in time and first timing data which is indicative of timing of the information regarding the vehicle which is contained with the individual message; and a management device configured to use the first timing data associated with an initial one of the messages to synchronize the management device in time with the vehicle monitoring device and to process the first timing data of a subsequent one of the messages with respect to second timing data which is independent of the first timing data to attempt to validate the information regarding the vehicle included within the subsequent message, and to generate an alert with respect to the vehicle as a result of the processing of the first and second timing data not validating the information regarding the vehicle included within the subsequent message. - View Dependent Claims (28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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