DETERMINATION OF WHETHER A DRIVER PARKS THEIR VEHICLE IN AN ENCLOSED STRUCTURE
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1. A method for identifying the parking status of a vehicle, comprising:
- generating, with a GPS unit in communication with GPS satellites, GPS navigation data for a vehicle;
recording navigation data for a-the vehicle, the navigation data including at least the GPS navigation data;
identifying, based on the navigation data, a parking event for the vehicle corresponding in location to a designated address of interest for a user of the vehicle;
associating at least some of the navigation data with the parking event;
identifying whether the navigation data associated with the parking event is GPS navigation data; and
if the navigation data associated with the parking event is not GPS navigation data, identifying the vehicle as being parked in an enclosed structure for the parking event.
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Abstract
In a method for identifying the parking status of a vehicle, navigation data for a vehicle is recorded that includes at least some GPS navigation data originating from communication with GPS satellites. The vehicle is identified as being parked in an enclosed structure for a parking event if the navigation data does not include GPS navigation data associated with the parking event.
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24 Claims
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1. A method for identifying the parking status of a vehicle, comprising:
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generating, with a GPS unit in communication with GPS satellites, GPS navigation data for a vehicle; recording navigation data for a-the vehicle, the navigation data including at least the GPS navigation data; identifying, based on the navigation data, a parking event for the vehicle corresponding in location to a designated address of interest for a user of the vehicle; associating at least some of the navigation data with the parking event; identifying whether the navigation data associated with the parking event is GPS navigation data; and if the navigation data associated with the parking event is not GPS navigation data, identifying the vehicle as being parked in an enclosed structure for the parking event. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9, 21, 22)
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10. An apparatus for identifying the parking status of a vehicle, comprising:
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a GPS unit configured to generate, via communication with GPS satellites, GPS navigation data for a vehicle; and at least one processor, the at least one processor configured to execute instructions stored in a memory to; record navigation data for the vehicle, the navigation data including at least the GPS navigation data; identify, based on the navigation data, a parking event for the vehicle corresponding in location to a designated address of interest for a user of the vehicle; associate at least some of the navigation data with the parking event; identify whether the navigation data associated with the parking event is GPS navigation data; and if the navigation data associated with the parking event is not GPS navigation data, identify the vehicle as being parked in an enclosed structure for the parking event. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 15, 17, 18, 23, 24)
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19. A method for identifying the parking status of a vehicle, comprising:
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generating, with a GPS unit in communication with GPS satellites, GPS navigation data for a vehicle; generating, with vehicle motion sensors, supplemental navigation data for the vehicle; recording navigation data for the vehicle, the data including the GPS navigation data and the supplemental navigation data; generating, with vehicle condition sensors, vehicle condition data for the vehicle contemporaneous to the navigation data; recording the vehicle condition data; identifying, based at least in part on the vehicle condition data, a parking event for the vehicle corresponding in location to a designated address of interest for a user of the vehicle; associating at least some of the navigation data with the parking event; identifying whether the navigation data associated with the parking event is GPS navigation data; and if the navigation data associated with the parking event is not GPS navigation data, identifying the vehicle as being parked in an enclosed structure for the parking event. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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