DEVICE, SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CAPTURING MOTOR VEHICLE BEHAVIOR
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1. A device, comprising:
- a fixed communication device comprising of at least one of a locator unit to receive and process information regarding a current location, a wireless communication unit for transmitting a data and a sensing unit to determine parking status based on proximity of a driver device to the fixed communication device; and
a mobile communication device for information transfer to and from the fixed communications device.
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Abstract
A novel fixed communication device includes a locator unit to receive and process information regarding current location, a sensing unit to determine parking status based on proximity of driver to fixed device and a wireless communication unit for information transfer to and from any mobile communications device. The system includes the fixed communications device which is coupled with a software program on a mobile communications device to gather and transmit parking information. A method includes logging parking behavior and parking location of a vehicle as determined by the fixed communications device, with data gathered to be stored in a central server for social communication purposes.
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1. A device, comprising:
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a fixed communication device comprising of at least one of a locator unit to receive and process information regarding a current location, a wireless communication unit for transmitting a data and a sensing unit to determine parking status based on proximity of a driver device to the fixed communication device; and a mobile communication device for information transfer to and from the fixed communications device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method, comprising:
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installing a fixed communication device on a vehicle and gathering information about the vehicle from the fixed communication device; and pairing the fixed communication device with a driver device and establishing a data connection within a specific range to present at least one of an out of range data, in range data, predicting parking status, confirming parking status and vacancy status for parking the vehicle. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system, comprising:
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a vehicle having a sensing unit to predict expected changes in said parking status based on a physical sensing of driver proximity to vehicle; a device to monitor the efficient parking search by communicating the future availability of parking before parking spots actually vacate; a software tool to manage the data gathered using the device; and a membership enrollment database to store and distribute a data produced by the system. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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