System and Method of Receiving Data from a Plurality of Trucking Companies and Disseminating Data to a Plurality of Parties
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1. A vehicle monitoring and notification system that is operated by a plurality of providers for use in a trucking industry, comprising:
- (a) a client terminal that resides at a vehicle, the client terminal comprising;
a global positioning system that generates global positioning data;
at least one agent that communicate with the global positioning system to capture client terminal data, including global positioning data; and
a forwarding module that initiates forwarding of the captured client terminal data, wherein the client terminal is associated with at least one trucking company;
(b) at least one intermediate server, which is associated with the plurality of providers, the at least one intermediate server further being associated with a plurality of pre-selected trucking companies, the intermediate server comprising;
a communications module that receives the captured client terminal data from at least one client terminal that is associated with the plurality of pre-selected trucking companies;
a merging module that receives the captured client terminal data and merges the captured client terminal data into trucking company data for the plurality of pre-selected trucking companies;
a forwarding module that initiates forwarding of the trucking company data; and
(c) a data aggregation server, comprising;
a communication module that receives trucking company data from at least one intermediate server that is associated with the plurality of pre-selected trucking companies;
a metrics module that utilizes the trucking company data to determine and record metrics information corresponding to at least one vehicle and at least one trucking company; and
an aggregation module that analyzes one or more of the trucking company data and the metrics information to record aggregated data, wherein the vehicle monitoring and notification system permits the aggregation and distribution of at least one of (i) the captured client terminal data, (ii) the trucking company data, and (iii) the metrics information, and wherein the vehicle monitoring and notification system is configured to report at least one of (i) the captured client terminal data, (ii) the trucking company data, and (iii) the metrics information to a plurality of government agencies, a plurality of non-government agencies, or both.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for aggregating data from multiple client terminals that are located on a vehicle, processing the data and communicating the processed data to multiple agencies. The client terminal devices are coupled to vehicle engine data bus to provide performance data and location data for trucks that travel in commerce. The data may be provided in real-time.
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1. A vehicle monitoring and notification system that is operated by a plurality of providers for use in a trucking industry, comprising:
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(a) a client terminal that resides at a vehicle, the client terminal comprising;
a global positioning system that generates global positioning data;
at least one agent that communicate with the global positioning system to capture client terminal data, including global positioning data; and
a forwarding module that initiates forwarding of the captured client terminal data, wherein the client terminal is associated with at least one trucking company;
(b) at least one intermediate server, which is associated with the plurality of providers, the at least one intermediate server further being associated with a plurality of pre-selected trucking companies, the intermediate server comprising;
a communications module that receives the captured client terminal data from at least one client terminal that is associated with the plurality of pre-selected trucking companies;
a merging module that receives the captured client terminal data and merges the captured client terminal data into trucking company data for the plurality of pre-selected trucking companies;
a forwarding module that initiates forwarding of the trucking company data; and
(c) a data aggregation server, comprising;
a communication module that receives trucking company data from at least one intermediate server that is associated with the plurality of pre-selected trucking companies;
a metrics module that utilizes the trucking company data to determine and record metrics information corresponding to at least one vehicle and at least one trucking company; and
an aggregation module that analyzes one or more of the trucking company data and the metrics information to record aggregated data, wherein the vehicle monitoring and notification system permits the aggregation and distribution of at least one of (i) the captured client terminal data, (ii) the trucking company data, and (iii) the metrics information, and wherein the vehicle monitoring and notification system is configured to report at least one of (i) the captured client terminal data, (ii) the trucking company data, and (iii) the metrics information to a plurality of government agencies, a plurality of non-government agencies, or both. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A vehicle monitoring and notification system for use in a trucking industry, comprising:
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(a) a plurality of client terminals that reside at plurality of vehicles, the client terminals comprising;
a global positioning system that generates global positioning data;
one or more agents that communicate with the global positioning system to capture client terminal data, including global positioning data; and
a forwarding module that initiates forwarding of the captured client terminal data, wherein the plurality of client terminals are associated with a plurality of trucking companies; and
(b) a data aggregation server, comprising;
a communications module that receives the captured client terminal data from the plurality of client terminals;
an identifying module that analyzes the captured client terminal data to identify the at least one trucking company that is associated with each vehicle;
a sorting module that sorts the captured client terminal data based on the plurality of trucking companies;
a categorizing module that generates trucking company data from the captured client terminal data for the plurality of trucking companies;
a metrics module that utilizes the trucking company data to determine and record metrics information corresponding to at least one of (i) vehicles and (ii) trucking companies; and
an aggregation module that analyzes at least one of the trucking company data and the metrics information to record aggregated data, wherein the vehicle monitoring and notification system permits the aggregation and distribution of at least one of (i) the captured client terminal data, (ii) the trucking company data, and (iii) the metrics information, and wherein the vehicle monitoring and notification system is configured to report at least one of (i) the captured client terminal data, (ii) the trucking company data, and (iii) the metrics information to a plurality of government agencies, a plurality of non-government agencies, or both. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method of monitoring vehicles in a trucking industry and of providing notifications, comprising:
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providing a client terminal that resides at the vehicle, wherein the client terminal is associated with at least one trucking company;
capturing client terminal data, including global positioning data;
analyzing the captured client terminal data to identify the at least one trucking company that is associated with the vehicle;
determining metrics information corresponding to at least one of vehicles and trucking companies;
aggregating at least one of the captured client terminal data, or the metrics information, and reporting at least one of the captured client terminal data, and the metrics information to a plurality of government agencies, a plurality of non-government agencies, or both. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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30. A vehicle monitoring and notification system that is operated by a plurality of providers for use in a trucking industry, comprising:
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(a) a client terminal that resides at a vehicle, the client terminal comprising;
a global positioning system that generates global positioning data;
at least one agent that communicate with the global positioning system to capture client terminal data, including global positioning data; and
a forwarding module that initiates forwarding of the captured client terminal data, wherein the client terminal is associated with at least one trucking company;
(b) at least one intermediate server, which is associated with the plurality of providers, the at least one intermediate server further being associated with a pre-selected trucking company, the intermediate server comprising;
a communications module that receives the captured client terminal data from at least one client terminal that is associated with the pre-selected trucking company;
a second forwarding module that initiates forwarding of the client terminal data;
(c) a data aggregation server, comprising;
a second communications module that receives client terminal data from the intermediate server that is associated with a plurality of pre-selected trucking companies;
a metrics module that utilizes the trucking company data to determine and record metrics information corresponding to at least one vehicle and at least one trucking company; and
a zone determining module that analyzes at least geographic information to determine activity within or surrounding a predefined zone, and wherein the vehicle monitoring and notification system is configured to report at least one of (i) the captured client terminal data, and (ii) the metrics information to a plurality of government agencies, a plurality of non-government agencies, or both. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32, 33)
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