Emissions Tracking, Such as Vehicle Emissions Tracking, and Associated Systems and Methods
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1. A system for tracking emission credits, comprising:
- a wireless collector configured to collect emission units data associated with at least one vehicle via a wireless network, wherein the at least one vehicle includes a monitoring system carried by the at least one vehicle, and wherein the emission units data represents (a) an amount of one or more selected pollutants, (b) an amount of thermal energy, or (c) both (a) and (b); and
a data processing platform coupled to receive the emission units data, and being configured to;
compute emission credits data by comparing the collected emission units data with a baseline;
maintain a total number of emission credits over a selected period of time;
receive a command signal from a first entity to assign a portion of the total emission credits to at least one second entity in exchange for consideration; and
assign a portion of the total emission credits to the at least one second entity in exchange for consideration.
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Abstract
Vehicle emission tracking systems and associated methods can collect emission units associated with at least one vehicle. The emission units can represents (a) an amount of one or more selected pollutants, (b) an amount of thermal energy, or (c) both (a) and (b). The systems and methods can further include computing emission credits by comparing the collected emission units with a baseline, maintaining a total number of emission credits over a selected period of time, and providing a way to assign a portion of the total emission credits to a selected entity.
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31 Claims
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1. A system for tracking emission credits, comprising:
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a wireless collector configured to collect emission units data associated with at least one vehicle via a wireless network, wherein the at least one vehicle includes a monitoring system carried by the at least one vehicle, and wherein the emission units data represents (a) an amount of one or more selected pollutants, (b) an amount of thermal energy, or (c) both (a) and (b); and a data processing platform coupled to receive the emission units data, and being configured to; compute emission credits data by comparing the collected emission units data with a baseline; maintain a total number of emission credits over a selected period of time; receive a command signal from a first entity to assign a portion of the total emission credits to at least one second entity in exchange for consideration; and assign a portion of the total emission credits to the at least one second entity in exchange for consideration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for tracking emission credits, comprising:
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a collector configured to collect emission units data associated with at least one vehicle, wherein the emission units data represents (a) an amount of one or more selected pollutants, (b) an amount of thermal energy, or (c) both (a) and (b); and a data processing platform coupled to receive the emission units data, and being configured to; compute emission credits data by comparing the collected emission units data with a baseline; and maintain a total number of emission credits over a selected period of time. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A system for tracking emission credits, comprising:
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means for collecting emission units associated with at least one vehicle via a wireless network from a monitoring system carried by the at least one vehicle, the emission units representing (a) an amount of one or more selected pollutants, (b) an amount of thermal energy, or (c) both (a) and (b); means for computing emission credits by comparing the collected emission units with a baseline; means for maintaining a total number of emission credits over a selected period of time; means for receiving a command from a first entity to assign a portion of the total emission credits to at least one second entity in exchange for consideration; and means for assigning a portion of the total emission credits to the at least one second entity in exchange for consideration. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A computer-implemented method for tracking emission credits, comprising:
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collecting emission units associated with at least one vehicle, the emission units representing (a) an amount of one or more selected pollutants, (b) an amount of thermal energy, or (c) both (a) and (b); computing emission credits by comparing the collected emission units with a baseline; and maintaining a total number of emission credits over a selected period of time. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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30. A computer-implemented method for tracking emission credits, comprising:
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receiving a signal to assign (a) at least a portion of future emission units associated with at least one vehicle, (b) at least a portion of future emission credits associated with a vehicle, or (c) both (a) and (b) to a selected entity in exchange for consideration, wherein the emission units represent at least one of an amount of one or more selected pollutants and an amount of thermal energy, and wherein the emission credits are computed by comparing the collected emission units with a baseline; collecting emission units associated with the at least one vehicle; computing emission credits; assigning (a) the at least a portion of future emission units associated with at least one vehicle, (b) the at least a portion of future emission credits associated with a vehicle, or (c) both (a) and (b) to the selected entity; and maintaining a total number of emission credits over a selected period of time. - View Dependent Claims (31)
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