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Method and system for remotely tracking vehicle-centric data and user-centric data

  • US 8,565,963 B2
  • Filed: 09/23/2010
  • Issued: 10/22/2013
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/23/2010
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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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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