Method and system for remotely tracking vehicle-centric data and user-centric data
First Claim
1. A vehicle tracking system, comprising:
- a vehicle-based device located in a vehicle configured with a vehicle-based application, wherein said vehicle-based device collects and caches vehicle-centric data comprising speed, starts, stops, idle time, breaking time, mileage and location with respect to said vehicle while said vehicle is being operated;
a wireless communications device having a vehicle and user data tracking application, wherein said wireless communications device collects user-centric data comprising navigational and tracking data only when a user is external to said vehicle, and interfaces with said vehicle-based device via a wireless technology in order to retrieve said user-centric data and said vehicle-centric data with respect to said vehicle; and
a centralized server that collects said vehicle-centric data and said user-centric-data from said wireless communications device in order to track historical and real time location and navigation data.
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Abstract
A system and method for tracking a vehicle-centric data and a user-centric data with respect to a vehicle. A vehicle-based device can be configured with a vehicle-based application in order to collect and cache the vehicle-centric data. Additionally, an existing vehicle data interface can provide such vehicle-centric data and other data. A GPS-enabled wireless communications device configured with a vehicle and user data tracking module can be interfaced with the vehicle-based device via a wireless technology in order to retrieve the vehicle-centric data with respect to the vehicle. The user-centric data can also be collected from the wireless communications device via a wireless application when the user is external to the vehicle. The vehicle-centric data and the user-centric-data can be then transmitted to a centralized server in order to track a historical and real time GPS location and navigation data.
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1. A vehicle tracking system, comprising:
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a vehicle-based device located in a vehicle configured with a vehicle-based application, wherein said vehicle-based device collects and caches vehicle-centric data comprising speed, starts, stops, idle time, breaking time, mileage and location with respect to said vehicle while said vehicle is being operated; a wireless communications device having a vehicle and user data tracking application, wherein said wireless communications device collects user-centric data comprising navigational and tracking data only when a user is external to said vehicle, and interfaces with said vehicle-based device via a wireless technology in order to retrieve said user-centric data and said vehicle-centric data with respect to said vehicle; and a centralized server that collects said vehicle-centric data and said user-centric-data from said wireless communications device in order to track historical and real time location and navigation data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method, comprising:
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collecting vehicle-centric data comprising speed, starts, stops, idle time, breaking time, mileage and location with respect to a vehicle via a vehicle-based device located in said vehicle configured with a vehicle-based application; interfacing a wireless communications device having a vehicle and user data tracking module with said vehicle-based device via a wireless technology in order to thereafter retrieve said vehicle-centric data and collect a user-centric data comprising navigational and tracking data of a user when said user is external to said vehicle via said wireless communications device; and transmitting said vehicle-centric data and said user-centric-data from said wireless communications device to a centralized server in order to track a historical and real time location and navigation data. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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