Vehicle tracker including input/output features and related methods
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Abstract
A vehicle tracking unit may include a vehicle position determining device, a wireless communications device, and a controller. The controller may determine the vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period. For example, the predetermined time may be less than about three minutes which filters out stops in normal traffic, but which will keep track of stops where the driver likely leaves the vehicle. Accordingly, only the important information necessary to track the vehicle need be stored and/or transmitted thereby reducing the system costs.
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84 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 cooperating with said wireless communications device and said vehicle position determining device to determine and send vehicle position information to a user;
said controller determining the vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period. - View Dependent Claims (66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74)
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75. A method for operating a vehicle tracking unit comprising a vehicle position determining device, and a wireless communications device, the method comprising:
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determining vehicle position information including a vehicle location and an associated stationary period for each occurrence of the vehicle remaining stationary for greater than a predetermined period; and
sending the vehicle position information to a user. - View Dependent Claims (76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84)
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