VERACITY DETERMINATION THROUGH COMPARISON OF A GEOSPATIAL LOCATION OF A VEHICLE WITH A PROVIDED DATA

• US 20150066362A1
• Filed: 08/30/2013
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Spireon Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Spireon Incorporated (Solera Holdings Incorporated)
• Inventors: Meyer, David M., Behnke, Mark J.
• Granted Patent: US 9,779,449 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/468
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/0645 Rental transactions; Leasing transactions
• CPC Class Codes: G08G 1/20 Monitoring the location of vehicles belonging to a group, e.g. fleet of vehicles, countable or determined number of vehicles
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/029 Location-based management or tracking services

Abstract

A method, apparatus and system related to veracity determination through comparison of a geospatial location data of a vehicle with a provided data are disclosed. In one aspect, the method of a veracity server associates a provided data of an individual with a vehicle using a processor, determines the geospatial location of a vehicle, correlates a relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data, and determines the veracity of the provided data based on the relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle to the provided data. The method may also comprise the usage of a geospatial circuit in the vehicle in order to transmit geospatial coordinates as well as a plurality of relevant locational information of the vehicle to the veracity server in order to make a correct veracity determination of the provided data.

Claims

1. A method of a veracity server comprising:

associating, by a processor communicatively coupled to a machine-readable memory, a provided data of an individual with a vehicle;

determining, by a geospatial circuit hidden in the vehicle and disclosed to the individual, a geospatial location of the vehicle;

correlating, by the processor, a relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data; and

determining, by the processor, a veracity of the provided data based on a history of vehicle occurrences at the geospatial locations and the relevance of the geospatial locations with the provided data.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising invalidating the veracity of the provided data,

wherein the geospatial location of the vehicle may determine the veracity of the provided data,

wherein a validation condition may determine to be violated based on the geospatial location of the vehicle, and

wherein a generated message may notify an interested party when the validation condition is violated.

3. The method of claim 2 further comprising, generating an alert based on a status of the validation condition,

wherein the alert may notify to at least one of the interested party and the individual,

wherein the individual may be alerted at the geospatial location of the vehicle,

wherein the alert is at least one of an email, Short Message Service (SMS) text message, voicemail, phone call, and an in-car alert service of the vehicle.

4. The method of claim 2 further comprising:

permitting, by a user interface of the veracity server, the interested party to configure a parameter of relevance associated with an algorithm to be used when correlating the relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data.

5. The method of claim 4 wherein the parameter of relevance includes at least one of:

a duration data of the vehicle at the geospatial location,

a frequency data of the vehicle at the geospatial location,

a proximity data of the vehicle at the geospatial location, and

a stop time data of the vehicle at the geospatial location.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising validating the veracity of the provided data,

wherein the geospatial location of the vehicle may determine the veracity of the provided data,

wherein a validation condition may determine to be satisfied based on the geospatial location of the vehicle, and

wherein a generated message may notify an interested party when the validation condition is satisfied.

7. The geospatial circuit of claim 1, further comprising transmitting information periodically to the veracity server,

wherein the geospatial circuit may communicate with a global positioning system (GPS) satellite to obtain geospatial location data,

wherein the geospatial circuit may communicate with the veracity server by at least one communication standard including:

Global System for Mobile communications (GSM);

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA),

wherein the geospatial circuit may receive power from a battery system of the vehicle, and

wherein the veracity server determines a report comprising an accumulated location data history of the geospatial circuit.

8. A veracity server comprising:

a storage having a provided data of an individual and an identification information of a vehicle;

a geospatial circuit to determine a geospatial location of the vehicle;

a machine-readable memory to correlate a relevance of a geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data; and

a processor to determine a veracity of the provided data based on the relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data.

9. The veracity server of claim 8, wherein the processor:

to determine that a validation condition is violated based on the provided data;

to determine that the validation condition is violated based on the geospatial location of the vehicle; and

to generate a message to an interested party when the validation condition is violated.

10. The veracity server of claim 9 wherein the processor:

to generate an alert to at least one of the interested party and the individual based on a status of the validation condition; and

to alert at least one of the interested party and the individual at the geospatial location of the vehicle.

11. The veracity server of claim 9 wherein a user interface:

to permit the interested party to configure a parameter of relevance associated with an algorithm used in correlating the relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data.

12. The veracity server of claim 11, wherein the parameter of relevance is at least of:

a duration data of the vehicle at the geospatial location,

a frequency data of the vehicle at the geospatial location,

a proximity data of the vehicle at the geospatial location, and

a stop time data of the vehicle at the geospatial location.

13. The veracity server of claim 8 wherein the processor:

to determine that the validation condition is satisfied based on the provided data;

to determine that the validation condition is satisfied based on the geospatial location of the vehicle; and

to generate a message to an interested party when the validation condition is satisfied.

14. The veracity server of claim 8 wherein the geospatial circuit, hidden in the vehicle and disclosed to the individual, periodically transmits information to the veracity server,

wherein the geospatial circuit may communicate with a global positioning system (GPS) satellite to obtain geospatial location data,

wherein the geospatial circuit may communicate with the veracity server by at least one communication standard including:

Global System for Mobile communications (GSM);

Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA),

wherein the geospatial circuit may receive power from a battery system of the vehicle, and

wherein the veracity server determines a report comprising an accumulated location data history of the geospatial circuit.

15. A system comprising:

a veracity server to determine a geospatial location of a vehicle by a geospatial circuit, to correlate a relevance of the geospatial location with a provided data, and to determine a veracity of an individual based on a relevance of the geospatial location to the provided data;

a vehicle to provide a geospatial location associated with the individual to the veracity server; and

a storage to hold vehicle identification and provided data from the individual.

16. The system of claim 15 wherein the veracity server:

to determine that a validation condition is violated based on the provided data;

to determine that a validation condition is violated based on the geospatial location of the vehicle; and

to generate a message to an interested party when the validation condition is violated.

17. The system of claim 16 wherein the veracity server:

to generate an alert to at least one of the interested party and the individual based on a status of the validation condition, and

to alert at least one of the interested party and the individual at the geospatial location of the vehicle.

18. The system of claim 16 wherein the veracity server:

to permit, by a user interface, the interested party to configure a parameter of relevance associated with an algorithm used in correlating the relevance of the geospatial location of the vehicle with the provided data.

19. The system of claim 18 wherein the parameter of relevance is at least of:

a duration data of the vehicle at the geospatial location,

a frequency data of the vehicle at the geospatial location,

a proximity data of the vehicle at the geospatial location, and

a stop time data of the vehicle at the geospatial location.

20. The system of claim 15 wherein the veracity server:

to determine that the validation condition is satisfied based on the provided data,

to determine that the validation condition is satisfied based on the geospatial location of the vehicle, and

to generate a message to an interested party when the validation condition is satisfied.