G.P.S. Management system
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1. A method for exception reporting in a vehicle management system, comprising:
- determining data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle location is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center;
determining whether the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside a range of acceptable values; and
if the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside the range of acceptable values, noting an exception.
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Abstract
A management system using Global Positioning System receivers for tracking remote units from a central office and quickly and conveniently determining if those remote units have varied from a set of predetermined parameters of operation. The system also includes provisions that allows information to be sent from the remote units to the central office and vice versa. The system also has safety features that promote the rapid dispatch of law enforcement personnel when requests for emergency assistance have been made from the remote units.
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1. A method for exception reporting in a vehicle management system, comprising:
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determining data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle location is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center;
determining whether the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside a range of acceptable values; and
if the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside the range of acceptable values, noting an exception.
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2. A vehicle monitoring system for determining whether a vehicle has revisited a service center, comprising:
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a receiver for receiving vehicle location information;
a processor in communication with the receiver, the processor programmed to perform a comparison of the vehicle location information relative to the service center and to determine whether the vehicle is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center; and
the processor being programmed to note an exception if the number of times the vehicle is determined to have revisited the service center exceeds a range of acceptable values.
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3. A computer program product readable by a computing apparatus and encoding instructions for exception reporting in a vehicle management system, the instructions comprising:
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determining data corresponding to the number of times a vehicle revisits a service center by receiving data corresponding to the vehicle location and noting a revisit if the vehicle location data is within a predetermined proximity of the service center corresponding to a revisit to the service center;
determining whether the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside a range of acceptable values; and
if the data corresponding to the number of revisits is outside a range of acceptable values, noting an exception.
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