SELECTIVE VEHICLE TRACKING AND VEHICLE ROUTING
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1. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:
- a location-determining device;
a communication device;
a processor programmed to transmit a plurality of locations as determined by the location-determining device over the communication device, the processor programmed to receive a user selection of locations not to transmit, the processor programmed not to transmit the user selection of locations.
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Abstract
A vehicle monitoring system permits a user to designate some usage as personal, such that the location of the vehicle is not tracked (or not recorded or not reported). The user can designate the usage as personal in terms of time of day or day of the week or in terms of geographic areas. Optionally, in calculating a route, the system may take into account a safety index; i.e. which route is safer. The system may also take into account which route will consume less energy, particularly where the vehicle is an electric vehicle, which has different efficiencies in certain types of road conditions.
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1. A vehicle monitoring system comprising:
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a location-determining device; a communication device; a processor programmed to transmit a plurality of locations as determined by the location-determining device over the communication device, the processor programmed to receive a user selection of locations not to transmit, the processor programmed not to transmit the user selection of locations. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method for monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) monitoring locations of a vehicle over time; b) receiving a user selection of criteria when the locations should not be reported; c) transmitting locations monitored in step a), but not locations meeting the criteria. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A method for monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) monitoring a vehicle over time; b) receiving a user selection of criteria that indicates personal usage of the vehicle; and c) monitoring the vehicle differently based upon criteria that indicates personal usage. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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- 18. A method for calculating a route from an origin to a destination via roads in a road map database based upon relative costs, wherein the relative costs include travel time and energy consumption, wherein the energy consumption is based upon the type of vehicle.
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21. A method for monitoring a vehicle including the steps of:
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a) monitoring a vehicle over time; b) automatically identifying criteria indicating personal usage of the vehicle; and c) monitoring the vehicle differently based upon criteria that indicates personal usage. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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