METHOD AND APPARATUS OF DETERMINING RELATIVE DRIVING CHARACTERISTICS USING VEHICULAR PARTICIPATIVE SENSING SYSTEMS
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1. A method for sharing information from a vehicle for comparison to information from other vehicles, said method comprising:
- collecting vehicle trace data wherein the vehicle trace data includes information collected from the vehicle, a device of an occupant of the vehicle, or a combination thereof;
filtering and compressing the collected vehicle trace data such that predetermined parameters are analyzed and weighted in a predetermined manner;
creating a score from the data that has been filtered, compressed and analyzed;
creating an anonymous identifier to preserve the anonymity of vehicle information and a vehicle occupant; and
sharing the score using a communications network such that the vehicle occupant and the vehicle information is compared and ranked relative to the vehicle trace data of the other vehicles.
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Abstract
A system and method for sharing information from a vehicle for comparison to information from other vehicles. The system and method include collecting vehicle trace data and sharing the vehicle trace data using a communications network such that the vehicle trace data is compared and ranked relative to the vehicle trace data of other vehicles.
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1. A method for sharing information from a vehicle for comparison to information from other vehicles, said method comprising:
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collecting vehicle trace data wherein the vehicle trace data includes information collected from the vehicle, a device of an occupant of the vehicle, or a combination thereof; filtering and compressing the collected vehicle trace data such that predetermined parameters are analyzed and weighted in a predetermined manner; creating a score from the data that has been filtered, compressed and analyzed; creating an anonymous identifier to preserve the anonymity of vehicle information and a vehicle occupant; and sharing the score using a communications network such that the vehicle occupant and the vehicle information is compared and ranked relative to the vehicle trace data of the other vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 20)
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10. A method for sharing information from a vehicle for comparison to information from other vehicles, said method comprising:
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collecting vehicle trace data, wherein the vehicle trace data includes information collected from the vehicle, a device of an occupant of the vehicle, or a combination thereof, said collected vehicle trace data being data that an occupant of the vehicle has authorized to share; and sharing the vehicle trace data using a communications network such that the vehicle trace data is compared and ranked relative to the vehicle trace data of other vehicles. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A vehicle participative system for sharing information from a vehicle for comparison to information from other vehicles, said system comprising:
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a vehicle information collection and processing system that includes; means for collecting vehicle trace data, wherein the vehicle trace data includes information collected from the vehicle, a device of an occupant of the vehicle, or a combination thereof; means for sharing the vehicle trace data using a communications network such that the vehicle trace data is compared and ranked relative to the vehicle trace data of other vehicles; and means for creating a matchup based on the vehicle trace data of at least two vehicles during a vehicle encounter on a roadway and providing competition results based on the matchup. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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