Methods and systems related to establishing geo-fence boundaries and collecting data
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1. A method comprising:
- detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary;
establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary;
collecting data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary;
detecting a transition from the first political boundary to a second political boundary;
establishing a second geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the second political boundary;
collecting data regarding the vehicle movement within the second geo-fence boundary; and
detecting the vehicle has departed the second geo-fence boundary.
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Establishing geo-fence boundaries and collecting data. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; and detecting the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary.
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25 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; detecting a transition from the first political boundary to a second political boundary; establishing a second geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the second political boundary; collecting data regarding the vehicle movement within the second geo-fence boundary; and detecting the vehicle has departed the second geo-fence boundary.
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2. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary, the detecting by way of an on-board device coupled to the vehicle; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting an indication of mileage driven by the vehicle within the first geo-fence boundary, the collecting by way of the on-board device; detecting the vehicle has departed the first gee-fence boundary; and sending the indication of mileage driven to a representative of the first political boundary.
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3. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary, the detecting by way of an on-board device coupled to the vehicle; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting an indication of mileage driven by the vehicle, the collecting by way of a processor at an operations center remote from the vehicle, the operations center coupled to the vehicle by way of a wireless network; detecting the vehicle has departed the first pea-fence boundary; and
thensending the indication of mileage driven to a representative of the first political boundary periodically, the periodically sending by way of the wireless network.
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4. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary, the detecting by an operations center remote from the vehicle, the operations center coupled to the vehicle by way of a wireless network; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting an indication of mileage driven within the first political boundary, the collecting by way of an on-board device coupled to the vehicle; detecting the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary; and
thensending the indication of mileage driven to a representative of the first political boundary by way of the wireless network.
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5. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary, the detecting by an operations center remote from the vehicle, the operations center coupled to the vehicle by way of a wireless network; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to defecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting an indication of mileage driven within the first political boundary by way of the operations center; detecting the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary; and
thensending the indication of mileage driven to a representative of the first political boundary by way of the operations center.
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6. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; determining an indication of mileage driven within the first political boundary, the determining by way of an on-board device coupled to the vehicle; detecting the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary; and
thensending the indication of mileage driven to a representative of the first political boundary.
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7. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; determining an indication of mileage driven within the first political boundary, the determining by way of a remote operations center coupled to the vehicle by way of a wireless network; detecting the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary; and
thensending the indication of mileage driven to a representative of the first political boundary.
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8. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; determining an indication of mileage driven by the vehicle within the first political boundary and detecting the vehicle has departed the first pea-fence boundary. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method comprising:
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detecting a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establishing a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collecting data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; receiving a signal that indicates operability of an onboard device coupled to the vehicle, the receiving at an operations center and the signal received periodically over a first period of time; determining absence of receipt of the signal in a second period of time following the first period of time; issuing an alert responsive to the determining, the alert indicative of at least one selected from the group consisting of;
tampering with the onboard device; and
disablement of the onboard device.
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13. A system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; detect the vehicle is located within a second political boundary; establish a second geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the second political boundary; collect data regarding the vehicle movement within the second geo-fence boundary; and detect the vehicle has departed the second geo-fence boundary.
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14. As system comprising:
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a processor, wherein the processor is part of an onboard device coupled to a vehicle; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect an indication of mileage driven by the vehicle within the first geo-fence boundary; detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary; and
thensend the indication of mileage driven to a representative of the first political boundary.
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15. A system comprising:
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a processor, wherein the processor is part of an on-board device coupled to a vehicle; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary, wherein the data is sent periodically to an operations center remote from the vehicle and detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary.
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16. A system comprising;
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a processor, wherein the processor is part of an on-board device coupled to a vehicle; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect an indication of mileage driven by the vehicle; and detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary.
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17. A system comprising:
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a processor, wherein the processor is part of an operations center remote from a vehicle communicatively coupled by way of a wireless network; a mapping module coupled to the processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; and detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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21. A system comprising;
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; periodically send data indicative of a position of the vehicle to a remote operations center; and detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary.
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22. A system comprising:
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a processor; a Global Positioning System receiver coupled to the processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect an indication of mileage driven by the vehicle within the first political boundary using the Global Positioning System receiver; collect data regarding the vehicle movement within the first geo-fence boundary; and detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary.
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23. A system comprising:
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a processor; a wireless receiver coupled to the processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect an electronic reading on an odometer when the vehicle enters the first political boundary; collect the electronic reading on the odometer when the vehicle departs the first political boundary; receive data from the vehicle by way of the wireless receiver; and detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary.
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24. As system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect an electronic reading on an odometer when the vehicle enters the first political boundary; and
thencollect the electronic reading on the odometer when the vehicle departs the first political boundary; and detect the vehicle has departed the first geo-fence boundary.
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25. As system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a program that, when executed by the processor, causes the processor to; detect a vehicle is located within a first political boundary; establish a first geo-fence boundary for the vehicle corresponding to the first political boundary, the establishing responsive to detecting the vehicle is within the first political boundary; collect data regarding the vehicle movement within the first fence boundary; receive a signal that indicates operability of an onboard device coupled to the vehicle, the receiving at an operations center and the signal received periodically over a first period of time; determine absence of receipt of the signal in a second period of time following the first period of time; issue an alert responsive to the determining, the alert indicative of at least one selected from the group consisting of;
tampering with the onboard device; and
disablement of the onboard device.
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