Vehicle related services system and methodology
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Abstract
A vehicle-related services system and methodology employing at least one sensor automatically sensing at least one of the time during which a vehicle is not being operated and where the vehicle is located when it is not being operated and at least one data processor receiving information sensed by the sensor, indicating at least one of the time during which the vehicle is not being operated and where the vehicle is located when it is not being operated and providing a billing data output in respect of a vehicle-related service which is dependent on at least one of the time during which the vehicle is not being operated and where the vehicle is located when it is not being operated.
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129 Claims
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1-63. -63. (canceled)
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64. A method for administering payment of vehicle insurance fees comprising:
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employing a vehicle mounted sensor for providing vehicle driving characteristic independent, time of vehicle operation reports; and
charging vehicle insurance fees based on said vehicle driving characteristic independent, time of vehicle operation reports. - View Dependent Claims (65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76)
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77. A system for administering payment of vehicle insurance fees comprising:
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a vehicle mounted sensor for providing vehicle driving characteristic independent, time of vehicle operation reports; and
a fee processor, charging vehicle insurance fees based on said vehicle driving characteristic independent, time of vehicle operation reports. - View Dependent Claims (78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89)
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90. A method for administering payment of vehicle insurance fees comprising:
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employing a vehicle mounted sensor for providing vehicle location independent, time of vehicle operation reports; and
charging vehicle insurance fees based on said vehicle location independent, time of vehicle operation reports. - View Dependent Claims (91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102)
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103. A system for administering payment of vehicle insurance fees comprising:
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a vehicle mounted sensor for providing vehicle location independent, time of vehicle operation reports; and
a fee processor, charging vehicle insurance fees based on said vehicle location independent, time of vehicle operation reports. - View Dependent Claims (104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115)
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116. A vehicle related insurance fee payment method comprising:
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sensing time of vehicle operation at a plurality of vehicles;
when each one of said plurality of vehicles is located in the vicinity of at least one of a multiplicity of download locations, downloading time of vehicle operation information from said vehicles;
communicating said information from said multiplicity of download locations to a location remote therefrom; and
receiving said information at said location remote from said multiplicity of download locations and charging vehicle insurance fees based on said time of vehicle operation. - View Dependent Claims (117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122)
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123. A vehicle related insurance fee payment system comprising:
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at least one sensor on-board each of a plurality of vehicles for automatically sensing at least time of vehicle operation;
a communicator on-board each of said plurality of vehicles, said communicator being operative when said vehicle is located at one of a multiplicity of download locations for downloading information sensed by said at least one sensor to a corresponding one of a multiplicity of intermediate communication units located at said one of said multiplicity of download locations, said multiplicity of intermediate communication units receiving said information from a plurality of said communicators on-board a corresponding plurality of said vehicles and communicating said information to a remote location; and
a vehicle related fee data processor receiving said information and being operative for providing a vehicle insurance fee payment data output at least partially based on said information. - View Dependent Claims (124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129)
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