Obtaining and using vehicle related data
First Claim
1. A method for obtaining and using vehicle related data, the method comprising:
- maintaining a bonus account that is associated with at least one of a user of a vehicle and a data collection device associated with a vehicle;
receiving, at a server, vehicle related data from the data collection device, wherein the received vehicle related data comprises at least information regarding at least one of a location and a mobility status of the vehicle;
crediting a bonus to the bonus account as a reward for a permission given by the user to process the vehicle related data for marketing purposes; and
processing the vehicle related data for marketing purposes, comprising analyzing, by the server, the received vehicle related data to determine a need for at least one of fuel, service or repair of the vehicle.
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Abstract
A mobility status of a vehicle is estimated based on received data from a data collection device associated with a vehicle. The received data includes a first data set collected at a first point of time and a second data set collected at a second point of time. The mobility status of the vehicle is estimated based on a difference between values or a status change of at least one common parameter of the first data set and the second data set and based on the time difference between the first point of time and the second point of time. The estimated mobility status of the vehicle is stored at multiple points of time in a vehicle-specific mobility status database.
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1. A method for obtaining and using vehicle related data, the method comprising:
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maintaining a bonus account that is associated with at least one of a user of a vehicle and a data collection device associated with a vehicle; receiving, at a server, vehicle related data from the data collection device, wherein the received vehicle related data comprises at least information regarding at least one of a location and a mobility status of the vehicle; crediting a bonus to the bonus account as a reward for a permission given by the user to process the vehicle related data for marketing purposes; and processing the vehicle related data for marketing purposes, comprising analyzing, by the server, the received vehicle related data to determine a need for at least one of fuel, service or repair of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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