Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods
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Abstract
A vehicle tracking unit preferably includes a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to the wireless communications device and the vehicle position determining device. The controller preferably cooperates with the wireless communications device to generate a sequence of alert message notifications for the user, and for canceling any remaining alert message notification of the sequence based upon a cancellation command response from the user having already received the alert message notification.
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85 Claims
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1-64. -64. (canceled)
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65. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device;
said controller cooperating with said wireless communications device to generate a sequence of alert message notifications for a user, and for canceling any remaining alert message notification of the sequence based upon a cancellation command response from the user having already received the alert message notification. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70)
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71. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device;
said controller being switchable to an armed mode when a user is away from the vehicle for cooperating with said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device to generate at least one speeding alert message notification for the user based upon the vehicle exceeding a speed threshold for longer than a predetermined time indicative of aggressive driving of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (72, 73)
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74. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device;
said controller being switchable to an armed mode when a user is away from the vehicle for cooperating with said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device to generate at least one acceleration alert message notification for the user based upon the vehicle exceeding an acceleration threshold indicative of aggressive driving of the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (75, 76)
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77. A vehicle tracking unit comprising:
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a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, a controller connected to said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device, and at least one remote transmitter for operating said controller;
said controller cooperating with said wireless communications device to generate at least one unauthorized transmitter alert message notification for the user based upon an unauthorized remote transmitter being learned into said controller. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79)
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80. A method for operating a vehicle tracking unit comprising a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller connected to the wireless communications device and the vehicle position determining device, the method comprising:
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using the controller cooperating with the wireless communications device to generate a sequence of alert message notifications for a user; and
canceling any remaining alert message notification of the sequence based upon a cancellation command response from the user having already received the alert message notification. - View Dependent Claims (81, 82, 83, 84, 85)
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