INTERACTIVE PLATFORM FOR THE TRUCKING INDUSTRY

• US 20130103750A1
• Filed: 10/24/2012
• Published: 04/25/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 10/24/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Taleb Jamal Awad
• Original Assignee: Taleb Jamal Awad
• Inventors: Awad, Taleb Jamal
• Application Number:
  US13/659,741
• Publication Number:
  US 20130103750A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/203
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/02 Marketing; Price estimation or determination; Fundraising
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/01 Social networking
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 51/52 for supporting social networking services

Abstract

The present invention is an interactive platform for the trucking industry such that truck drivers and those that interact with them can create and exchange information.

Claims

1. A method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform, comprising the steps of:

establishing communication between a network architecture and a first device and a second device;

receiving content specific to the trucking industry through a first interface of the first device;

transmitting the content specific to the trucking industry from the first device to a server of the network architecture;

accepting by the server of the network architecture the content specific to the trucking industry;

accessing by the second device the content specific to the trucking industry; and

displaying the content specific to the trucking industry on a second interface of the second device.

2. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 1, wherein the first interface and the second interface include a home page and a profile page.

3. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 1, wherein the first device is a mobile device.

4. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 1, wherein the first interface and the second interface include links that represent macros.

5. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 1, wherein the content specific to the trucking industry is one or more selected from the group comprising profile content, image content, audio content, status content, connection content, messaging content, and custom content.

6. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 1 further comprising the step of receiving by one of the first interface and the second interface an audio recording.

7. A method for creating and sharing content through interactive platform, comprising the steps of:

establishing a first communication link between a network architecture and an electronic on-board recorder positioned within a vehicle;

creating a second communication link between the network architecture and a mobile device;

transmitting vehicle data from the electronic on-board recorder to a server of the network architecture;

receiving by the mobile device the vehicle data from the server of the network architecture;

displaying the vehicle data on an interface of the mobile device.

8. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 7, wherein the vehicle data is one or more selected from the group comprising fuel usage, speed, gear optimization, engine idle time, location, direction of travel, and amount of time spent driving.

9. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 7 further comprising the step of using the vehicle data to evaluate advertising opportunities.

10. The method for creating and sharing content through an interactive platform according to claim 7 wherein the interface includes an Internet web page viewable by only one user and an Internet web page viewable by a plurality of users.