System for monitoring, controlling, and reporting vehicle operation through onboard diagnostic port
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1. A system, comprising:
- a vehicle interface module (VIM) coupled to one or more vehicular electronic devices and adapted to read a vehicle'"'"'s internal operational data and send commands to one or more vehicular electronic devices over a local area network, and send and receive the operational data along with location information over a wide area network;
a monitoring and control application coupled to the VIM;
a navigation device wirelessly coupled to the VIM, the device communicating with the one or more vehicular electronic devices through the VIM;
a dynamically configurable software application and an application programming interface (API) coupled to the handheld device; and
a web server coupled to the handheld device.
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Abstract
Systems and methods are disclosed to extract, monitor, analyze, and send data from a vehicle interface module (VIM) coupled to one or more vehicular electronic devices; transmitting vehicle and geographic location data to a handheld or vehicle-mounted computer or navigation device and forwarding the data to a web server over a wide area network; and publishing the data for viewing by end users or for programmatic access by software applications.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a vehicle interface module (VIM) coupled to one or more vehicular electronic devices and adapted to read a vehicle'"'"'s internal operational data and send commands to one or more vehicular electronic devices over a local area network, and send and receive the operational data along with location information over a wide area network; a monitoring and control application coupled to the VIM; a navigation device wirelessly coupled to the VIM, the device communicating with the one or more vehicular electronic devices through the VIM; a dynamically configurable software application and an application programming interface (API) coupled to the handheld device; and a web server coupled to the handheld device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method to monitor, collect, and send vehicle data from a vehicle interface module (VIM) coupled to one or more vehicular electronic devices, comprising:
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transmitting vehicle data to a handheld or vehicle-mounted computer or navigation device; analyzing and displaying vehicle data on a handheld device; forwarding vehicle data to a web server over a wide area network; and publishing vehicle data to authorized users and software applications. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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