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System, method and apparatus for tracking parking behavior of a vehicle

  • US 9,092,822 B2
  • Filed: 12/17/2013
  • Issued: 07/28/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus for tracking parking behavior of a vehicle, the apparatus comprising:

  • a circuit located locally within the vehicle, the circuit comprising a processor, movement detection means for detecting whether the vehicle is in a parked state or a non-parked state, location identification means for identifying a geographic location of the vehicle, a memory, a transceiver, and a timer operably coupled together;

    wherein the circuit is configured to record an address associated with a person to whom possession of the vehicle has been provided, the vehicle being collateral for a loan;

    wherein for each occurrence in which the movement detection means detects that the vehicle has entered into the parked state, the circuit is configured to;

    (1) measure a duration that the vehicle remains in the parked state;

    (2) detect whether the vehicle transitions into the non-parked state from the parked state;

    (3) upon the duration exceeding a predetermined minimum time threshold without the vehicle transitioning into the non-parked state, store parking information data relating to the occurrence in the memory as a parking instance, the parking information data including the geographic location of the vehicle; and

    (4) compare each of the geographic locations stored in step (3) with the associated address.

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